Player Dossier

2015-2018

Kentucky

Jordan Jones

LB • 6'2" • 218 lbs • Youngstown, OH, USA

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Jordan Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

82

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Player Story

Jordan Jones built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Youngstown, OH wearing No. 34, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Jordan Jones' career was his defensive production:...

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Jordan Jones, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Kentucky. Jordan Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
241
TFL
29
Sacks
7.5
QB hurries
14
Passes defended
9

Quick Answers

Jordan Jones quick answers

Latest team and position
Kentucky · LB
Career Tackles
241
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Kentucky
Top game
Southern Miss
Recruit profile
3-star · South
High school pipeline
South · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 34 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
68 tackles · LB 189th (top 17%) · SEC 35th (top 6%) · National 315th (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonKentucky00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonKentucky1391.50--082.3
2016 Regular SeasonKentucky1310014494082.3
2017 PostseasonKentucky99101-059.6
2017 Regular SeasonKentucky9556.5221059.6
2018 Regular SeasonKentucky126861.524045.2

Related Context

Jordan Jones played LB for Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jordan Jones recorded 241 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Kentucky paired 32.5 primary output with 57.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 57.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · Kentucky

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

2.5

Efficiency

57.7

Usage

18.7

Consistency

71.7

Best Game by takeover score

Southern Miss

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Tech: 1.5. Southern Miss: 4. Florida: 2. New Mexico State: 1. South Carolina: 1.5. Alabama: 4. Vanderbilt: 4. Mississippi State: 1. Missouri: 3. Georgia: 3.5. Tennessee: 1. Austin Peay: 3. Louisville: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia Tech: 9 by 52.5. Southern Miss: 19 by 90. Florida: 9 by 57.5. New Mexico State: 7 by 39.2. South Carolina: 8 by 48.3. Alabama: 8 by 73.3. Vanderbilt: 5 by 60.8. Mississippi State: 11 by 55.8. Missouri: 4 by 46.7. Georgia: 10 by 76.7. Tennessee: 1 by 14.2. Austin Peay: 8 by 63.3. Louisville: 10 by 71.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.4 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses2.7 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Southern Miss

Best efficiency game

90 vs Southern Miss

Result
Sat 12/31vs Georgia TechL 18-33941.5000
Sat 11/26@ Louisville10+ tackles · Splash gameW 41-38108210
Sat 11/19vs Austin PeaySplash gameW 49-1384210
Sat 11/12@ TennesseeL 36-4910000
Sat 11/5vs Georgia10+ tackles · Splash gameL 24-271072.5001
Sat 10/29@ MissouriSplash gameW 35-2144201
Sat 10/22vs Mississippi State10+ tacklesW 40-38116000
Sat 10/8vs VanderbiltSplash gameW 20-1354110
Sat 10/1@ AlabamaSplash gameL 6-3487100
Sat 9/24vs South CarolinaW 17-10860.5001
Sat 9/17vs New Mexico StateW 62-4276000
Sat 9/10@ FloridaSplash gameL 7-4595101
Sat 9/3vs Southern Miss10+ tackles · Splash gameL 35-441913210

Player Story

Jordan Jones story

Jordan Jones built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Youngstown, OH wearing No. 34, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Jordan Jones' career was his defensive production: 241 tackles, 29 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 9 passes defended across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Kentucky. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Jordan Jones' production has multiple signals. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kentucky.

The arc is straightforward: Jordan Jones moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Kentucky

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonKentucky0
2016 PostseasonKentucky32.557.718.732.5
2016 Regular SeasonKentucky32.557.718.70
2017 PostseasonKentucky13.544.213.6-19
2017 Regular SeasonKentucky13.544.213.60
2018 Regular SeasonKentucky13.534.97.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Southern Miss

Week 1 · L 35-44

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

96.7 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Alabama

Week 5 · L 6-34 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

91.1 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Ole Miss

Week 10 · L 34-37 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

91.1 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Georgia

Week 10 · L 24-27 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

88.1 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Vanderbilt

Week 6 · W 20-13 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Kentucky

32.5 primary output · 57.7 efficiency · 18.7 usage

82.3

#2

2016 Regular Season · Kentucky

82.3

32.5 primary · 57.7 efficiency · 18.7 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Kentucky

59.6

13.5 primary · 44.2 efficiency · 13.6 usage

Milestones

17

Impact games

17

Splash games

6

10+ tackle games