Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Kent State
Jim Jones
LB • 6'1" • 232 lbs • Tallahassee, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jim Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27 disruption score.
Impact Production
57
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
52
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Kent State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kent State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Player Story
Jim Jones built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Tallahassee, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Jim Jones' career was his defensive production: 179...
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- Committed To
- Kent State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Jim Jones, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Kent State. Jim Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 179
- TFL
- 11
- Sacks
- 8
- QB hurries
- 9
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Jim Jones quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kent State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 179
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Kent State
- Top game
- Northern Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Amos P. Godby · Kent State
- High school pipeline
- Amos P. Godby · 48 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 44 tackles · LB 330th (top 28%) · Mid-American 71st (top 13%) · National 806th (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kent State | 8 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | 0 | 31.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kent State | 12 | 98 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 71 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kent State | 9 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 41.4 |
Related Context
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Jim Jones played LB for Kent State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jim Jones recorded 179 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Kent State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Kent State paired 18 primary output with 48 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27 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: Illinois
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Kent State
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
27
Usage
6.4
Consistency
51.9
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 2. Howard: 1. Ole Miss: 1. Ball State: 0. Ohio: 0. Miami (OH): 1. Akron: 1. Toledo: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois: 11 by 65.8. Howard: 4 by 26.7. Ole Miss: 7 by 39.2. Ball State: 6 by 25. Ohio: 6 by 25. Miami (OH): 4 by 26.7. Akron: 3 by 22.5. Toledo: 2 by 8.3. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 8 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
65.8 vs Illinois
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/23 | vs Eastern Michigan | L 20-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/15 | vs Toledo | L 34-56 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Akron | L 23-24 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Miami (OH) | L 6-31 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Ohio | L 26-27 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Ball State | L 24-52 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Ole Miss | L 17-38 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Howard | W 54-14 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Illinois10+ tackles · Splash game | L 24-31 | 11 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jim Jones story
Jim Jones built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Tallahassee, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Jim Jones' career was his defensive production: 179 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Jim Jones' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kent State
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kent State | 7 | 28 | 6.2 | 7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kent State | 18 | 48 | 12.5 | 11 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kent State | 6 | 27 | 6.4 | -12 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Northern Illinois
Week 13 · L 21-31 · Conference game
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
98.6 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 98.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Bowling Green
Week 10 · L 16-44 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
98.6 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 98.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Akron
Week 13 · L 14-24 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#4
@ Illinois
Week 1 · L 24-31
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Havoc Plays
88.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Northern Illinois
Week 6 · L 3-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
59.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Kent State
18 primary output · 48 efficiency · 12.5 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · Kent State
41.4
6 primary · 27 efficiency · 6.4 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Kent State
31.7
7 primary · 28 efficiency · 6.2 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
7
Splash games
6
10+ tackle games
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