J.J. Watt is hyping up the Houston Texans appearance on HBO’s Hard Knocks, but he’s not promoting himself. Ben Jones has been the Texans center since 2012 and, according to Watt, will be the star of the weekly docu-series.
Jones according to Watt is going to shine because of his penchant for eating roaches.
I think Ben’s going to be a big winner,” Watt said, via the Houston Chronicle. “I think there’ll be plenty of storylines following him because of his escapades — some of the things he eats, some of the things he does. Just Ben Jones being Ben Jones, so I think that’ll be great.”
Former Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray has stories for days about Jones antics.
The Auburn game, I think it was my freshman year, he came up in the huddle and handed me three pieces of, like, dreads,” Murray said. “He ripped off the middle linebacker’s dreads from Auburn. He handed it to me, I’m like, ‘What do you want me to do with these?’ We’re in the middle of the huddle, I’m trying to call plays, ‘Aaron, I’ve got some dreads for you.’
“He stuck it in his pants. Then he went home, he tied them to a ceiling fan so you have to pull the dreads to turn the fan on. So that’s probably the most disgusting thing.”