Player Dossier

2015-2021

SMU

Will Jones

DT • 6'1" • 300 lbs • Plano, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Will Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.9

Efficiency

11

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

10.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season · Baylor

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Baylor • SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Will Jones, DT. Best season Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season · Baylor. Will Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Baylor paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Baylor, SMU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Navy

Win with 1 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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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · SMU

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

11

Usage

2.9

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Cincinnati

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 0. TCU: 0. South Florida: 0. Navy: 1. Memphis: 1. Cincinnati: 0

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. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 4.2. TCU: 2 by 8.3. South Florida: 3 by 12.5. Navy: 2 by 18.3. Memphis: 1 by 14.2. Cincinnati: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Wins
First Half0 · Games = 3 · -0.7 vs Second Half
Second Half0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs First Half

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Navy

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Navy

Result
Sat 11/20@ CincinnatiL 14-4821000
Sat 11/6@ MemphisL 25-2811100
Sat 10/9@ NavyW 31-2421100
Sat 10/2vs South FloridaW 41-1731000
Sat 9/25@ TCUW 42-3421000
Sat 9/18@ Louisiana TechW 39-3711000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Baylor

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    SMU

    2019-2021

    Final stop

Season Progression

201520162017201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonBaylor0
2016 Regular SeasonBaylor00
2017 Regular SeasonBaylor04.20.70
2019 Regular SeasonSMU0000
2020 Regular SeasonSMU618.46.36
2021 Regular SeasonSMU2112.9-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.4 takeover score.

#2

Tulsa

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.7 takeover score.

#3

Navy

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.4 takeover score.

#4

Memphis

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.6 takeover score.

#5

East Carolina

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2017 Regular Season · Baylor

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · SMU

33.3

0 primary · 0 efficiency · 0 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · SMU

33.1

6 primary · 18.4 efficiency · 6.3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2016 · Rating 0.78

Prestonwood Christian · Plano, TX

Committed To
Baylor
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Career Facts

2

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

24

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 14 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

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Recruiting profile

2-star recruit

Position
DT
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
6
Career tackles
24