By pure coincidence, it turns out his god father has been a customer of mine for a few years and I was unaware of the relationship. The man just walked in my door. After our usual 5 minutes of talking generic football, I asked "Speaking of college, have you heard of Jarron Jones at Aquinas?" and he said, "Yeah, he's my god son."
I was stunned for a moment, then instantly asked where he's going to college and his response was that "He's a 17 year old kid, and he's loved every school he's seen, but it's between ND and Penn State. It would have been North Carolina until they fired Butch Davis. I'm a Michigan fan, so I hate ND and I hope it's Penn State, but if he clears admissions, It'll be ND. He just absolutely loved that place."
These are direct quotes from his god father to me 20 minutes ago. The guy is an assistant football coach at another local high school in his spare time and is on top of this situation. Combined with the fact that JJ's coach and AD are pushing for ND, things look VERY good for us.