Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017Illinois
Julian Jones
LB • 6'2" • 220 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Julian Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
46
Developing production for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
36
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Player Story
Julian Jones built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 2, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Julian Jones' career was his defensive production: 61...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Julian Jones, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois. Julian Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 61
- TFL
- 4
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Julian Jones quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · LB
- Career Tackles
- 61
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Minnesota
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Westlake · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Westlake · 46 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 29 tackles · LB 449th (top 41%) · Big Ten 156th (top 26%) · National 1,463rd (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 7 | 32 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 7 | 29 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 34.3 |
Related Context
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Julian Jones played LB for Illinois. Across 3 tracked seasons, Julian Jones recorded 61 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Illinois paired 3 primary output with 23.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
20.1
Usage
4.9
Consistency
9.5
Best Game by takeover score
Minnesota
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ball State: 0. Western Kentucky: 1. South Florida: 0. Nebraska: 0. Iowa: 0. Rutgers: 0. Minnesota: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ball State: 4 by 16.7. Western Kentucky: 2 by 18.3. South Florida: 2 by 8.3. Nebraska: 6 by 25. Iowa: 3 by 12.5. Rutgers: 3 by 12.5. Minnesota: 9 by 47.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
47.5 vs Minnesota
Player Story
Julian Jones story
Julian Jones built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 2, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Julian Jones' career was his defensive production: 61 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, and 1 interception across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Julian Jones' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Illinois
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 3 | 23.3 | 4.6 | 3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 2 | 20.1 | 4.9 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Minnesota
Week 8 · L 17-24 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
82.5 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.
#2
@ Nebraska
Week 5 · L 16-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Western Kentucky
Week 2 · W 20-7
1
Havoc Plays
56.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Murray State
Week 1 · W 52-3
1
Havoc Plays
47.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Michigan
Week 8 · L 8-41 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
31.9 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 31.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Illinois
3 primary output · 23.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage
42.8
#2
2017 Regular Season · Illinois
34.3
2 primary · 20.1 efficiency · 4.9 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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