Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2021SMU
Will Jones
DT • 6'1" • 300 lbs • Plano, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Will Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
30
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
26
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Baylor • SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Player Story
Will Jones built his college career from 2015 through 2021 as a defensive tackle from Plano, TX wearing No. 95, spending time with Baylor and SMU. The clearest part of Will Jones' career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Baylor
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Will Jones, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · SMU. Will Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 24
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Will Jones quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · DT
- Career Tackles
- 24
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- Tulsa
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Prestonwood Christian · Baylor
- High school pipeline
- Prestonwood Christian · 25 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 95 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 11 tackles · DT 143rd (top 65%) · American Athletic 218th (top 44%) · National 2,681st (top 45%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Baylor | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 6 | 12 | 3.5 | 2.5 | - | - | 0 | 56.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 35.5 |
Related Context
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Will Jones played DT for Baylor and SMU. Across 6 tracked seasons, Will Jones recorded 24 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
SMU paired 6 primary output with 18.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.6 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
0.5
Efficiency
12.6
Usage
3.5
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
Navy
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 1. 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 14.2. 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.
Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
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
Player Story
Will Jones story
Will Jones built his college career from 2015 through 2021 as a defensive tackle from Plano, TX wearing No. 95, spending time with Baylor and SMU. The clearest part of Will Jones' career was his defensive production: 24 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Will Jones' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Baylor
2015-2017
Opening stop
- 2
SMU
2019-2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 6 | 18.4 | 5.6 | 6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 3 | 12.6 | 3.5 | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Tulsa
Week 11 · L 24-28 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Stephen F. Austin
Week 4 · W 50-7
2
Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Navy
Week 6 · W 31-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
54.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 3 · W 39-37
1
Havoc Plays
53.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Memphis
Week 10 · L 25-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
48.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · SMU
6 primary output · 18.4 efficiency · 5.6 usage
56.7
#2
2017 Regular Season · Baylor
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · SMU
35.5
3 primary · 12.6 efficiency · 3.5 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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