Player Dossier

2017-2020

Mississippi State

Kobe Jones

DE • 6'4" • 260 lbs • Starkville, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kobe Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

39%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

53

Solid production for an edge defender

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Reliability

57

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

67

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Mississippi State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Mississippi State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisville

Player Story

Kobe Jones built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive end from Starkville, MS wearing No. 52, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Kobe Jones' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.9056

Starkville · Starkville, MS

Committed To
Mississippi State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Kobe Jones, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Mississippi State. Kobe Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
97
TFL
21
Sacks
7
QB hurries
6

Quick Answers

Kobe Jones quick answers

Latest team and position
Mississippi State · DE
Career Tackles
97
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 43 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Mississippi State
Top game
Louisville
Recruit profile
4-star · Starkville · Mississippi State
High school pipeline
Starkville · 23 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 52 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
29 tackles · DE 42nd (top 16%) · SEC 128th (top 22%) · National 878th (top 17%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonMississippi State7211--024.9
2017 Regular SeasonMississippi State7152.50--024.9
2018 PostseasonMississippi State1310.50--042.7
2018 Regular SeasonMississippi State1320602-042.7
2019 PostseasonMississippi State1343.52--050.1
2019 Regular SeasonMississippi State13263.522-050.1
2020 Regular SeasonMississippi State1029422-049.3

Related Context

Kobe Jones played DE for Mississippi State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kobe Jones recorded 97 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Mississippi State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Mississippi State paired 13 primary output with 19.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Alabama

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2020 Regular Season · Mississippi State

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

20.1

Usage

6.2

Consistency

63.5

Best Game by takeover score

Alabama

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. LSU: 1. Arkansas: 1. Kentucky: 1. Texas A&M: 0. Alabama: 2. Vanderbilt: 1. Georgia: 0.5. Ole Miss: 0.5. Auburn: 0. Missouri: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. LSU: 3 by 22.5. Arkansas: 3 by 22.5. Kentucky: 2 by 18.3. Texas A&M: 1 by 4.2. Alabama: 4 by 36.7. Vanderbilt: 3 by 22.5. Georgia: 1 by 9.2. Ole Miss: 5 by 25.8. Auburn: 4 by 16.7. Missouri: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Alabama

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs Alabama

Result
Sat 12/19vs MissouriW 51-3231100
Sun 12/13vs AuburnL 10-2440000
Sat 11/28@ Ole MissL 24-31530.5000
Sun 11/22@ GeorgiaL 24-31100.5000
Sat 11/7vs VanderbiltW 24-1730000
Sat 10/31@ AlabamaSplash gameL 0-4143110
Sat 10/17vs Texas A&ML 14-2810000
Sat 10/10@ KentuckyL 2-2420000
Sat 10/3vs ArkansasL 14-21300.500.500
Sat 9/26@ LSUW 44-34300.500.500

Player Story

Kobe Jones story

Kobe Jones built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive end from Starkville, MS wearing No. 52, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Kobe Jones' career was his defensive production: 97 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, and 7 sacks across 43 career games in the available record. That gives Kobe Jones' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Mississippi State

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201720182018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonMississippi State4.516.54.1
2017 Regular SeasonMississippi State4.516.54.10
2018 PostseasonMississippi State8.513.33.94
2018 Regular SeasonMississippi State8.513.33.90
2019 PostseasonMississippi State1319.25.94.5
2019 Regular SeasonMississippi State1319.25.90
2020 Regular SeasonMississippi State820.16.2-5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Louisville

Week 1 · L 28-38 · Postseason

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

5.5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Alabama

Week 9 · L 0-41 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Charleston Southern

Week 1 · W 49-0

1.5

Havoc Plays

64.7 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Louisville

Week 1 · W 31-27 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

61.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Auburn

Week 5 · L 23-56 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

56.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Mississippi State

13 primary output · 19.2 efficiency · 5.9 usage

50.1

#2

2019 Regular Season · Mississippi State

50.1

13 primary · 19.2 efficiency · 5.9 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Mississippi State

49.3

8 primary · 20.1 efficiency · 6.2 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games