Usage / Role
13%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2018Vanderbilt
Zaire Jones
S • 6'0" • 200 lbs • Meridian, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Zaire Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
36
Developing production for a safety
lowelite
Reliability
37
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
46
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Vanderbilt
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
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- Committed To
- —
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Zaire Jones, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Zaire Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 24
- TFL
- 2.5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Zaire Jones quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Vanderbilt · S
- Career Tackles
- 24
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
- Top game
- Notre Dame
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Mililani
- High school pipeline
- Mililani · 26 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Sophomore
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 13 tackles · S 270th (top 58%) · SEC 286th (top 45%) · National 2,435th (top 42%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 21 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 5 | 13 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 40.2 |
Related Context
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Zaire Jones played S for Vanderbilt. Across 3 tracked seasons, Zaire Jones recorded 24 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Vanderbilt.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Vanderbilt paired 2.5 primary output with 15.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
15.9
Usage
3.8
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Michigan State
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All Games0 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Michigan State
Best efficiency game
16.7 vs Michigan State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/11 | @ Michigan State | — | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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Vanderbilt
2016-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 1 | 14 | 2.6 | 1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 2.5 | 15.9 | 3.8 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Notre Dame
Week 3 · L 17-22
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
58.6 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Tennessee State
Week 5 · W 31-27
1
Havoc Plays
56.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Alabama A&M
Week 2 · W 42-0
1
Havoc Plays
55.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Georgia
Week 6 · L 14-45 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
16.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 16.1 takeover score.
#5
vs South Carolina
Week 4 · L 14-37 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
12.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
2.5 primary output · 15.9 efficiency · 3.8 usage
40.2
#2
2017 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
21
1 primary · 14 efficiency · 2.6 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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