Player Dossier

2017-2020

Pittsburgh

Patrick Jones II

DL • 6'5" • 260 lbs • Chesapeake, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Patrick Jones II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

71%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

64

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

93

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

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

Player Story

Patrick Jones II built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Chesapeake, VA wearing No. 91, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Patrick Jones II's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.7969

Arlington Heights · Fort Worth, TX

Committed To
SMU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2021
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 27
Overall
No. 90
NFL Team
Minnesota Vikings

Patrick Jones II, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Patrick Jones II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
110
TFL
31
Sacks
21
QB hurries
26
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Patrick Jones II quick answers

Latest team and position
Pittsburgh · DL
Career Tackles
110
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 39 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
Top game
Louisville
Recruit profile
3-star · Arlington Heights · SMU
High school pipeline
Arlington Heights · 9 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2021 · Round 3 · Pick 27 · Minnesota Vikings
Latest roster
No. 91 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
42 tackles · DL 16th (top 2%) · ACC 69th (top 11%) · National 439th (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonPittsburgh5710.5--011.1
2018 PostseasonPittsburgh11521--043.4
2018 Regular SeasonPittsburgh111442.53-043.4
2019 Regular SeasonPittsburgh124211.58.5181075.6
2020 Regular SeasonPittsburgh114212.58.553058.8

Related Context

Patrick Jones II played DL for Pittsburgh. Across 4 tracked seasons, Patrick Jones II recorded 110 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Pittsburgh paired 39 primary output with 45.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 39.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisville

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2020 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

2.6

Efficiency

39.5

Usage

9.1

Consistency

45.5

Best Game by takeover score

Louisville

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Austin Peay: 0. Syracuse: 0. Louisville: 7. NC State: 2. Boston College: 6. Miami: 1.5. Notre Dame: 3. Florida State: 4.5. Virginia Tech: 1. Clemson: 3. Georgia Tech: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Austin Peay: 3 by 12.5. Syracuse: 3 by 12.5. Louisville: 6 by 75. NC State: 2 by 28.3. Boston College: 4 by 66.7. Miami: 5 by 35.8. Notre Dame: 4 by 46.7. Florida State: 5 by 65.8. Virginia Tech: 0 by 10. Clemson: 3 by 42.5. Georgia Tech: 7 by 39.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.3 · Games = 6 · -0.9 vs Losses
Losses3.1 · Games = 5 · +0.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Louisville

Best efficiency game

75 vs Louisville

Result
Fri 12/11@ Georgia TechW 34-2074001
Sat 11/28@ ClemsonSplash gameL 17-5233210
Sat 11/21vs Virginia TechW 47-1400000
Sat 11/7@ Florida StateSplash gameW 41-17521.5011
Sat 10/24vs Notre DameSplash gameL 3-4544100
Sat 10/17@ MiamiL 19-31511.5000
Sat 10/10@ Boston College2+ sacks · Splash gameL 30-3142330
Sat 10/3vs NC StateSplash gameL 29-30200.500.501
Sat 9/26vs Louisville2+ sacks · Splash gameW 23-2063330
Sat 9/19vs SyracuseW 21-1033000
Sat 9/12vs Austin PeayW 55-032000

Player Story

Patrick Jones II story

Patrick Jones II built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Chesapeake, VA wearing No. 91, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Patrick Jones II's career was his defensive production: 110 tackles, 31 tackles for loss, 21 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 39 career games in the available record. That gives Patrick Jones II's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Pittsburgh

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20172018201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonPittsburgh1.58.82.2
2018 PostseasonPittsburgh12.518.67.711
2018 Regular SeasonPittsburgh12.518.67.70
2019 Regular SeasonPittsburgh3945.412.826.5
2020 Regular SeasonPittsburgh2939.59.1-10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Louisville

Week 4 · W 23-20 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

7 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Delaware

Week 5 · W 17-14

7

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

Win with 7 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

7 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#3

@ Boston College

Week 6 · L 30-31 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

84.1 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 84.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Stanford

Week 1 · L 13-14 · Postseason

3

Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Duke

Week 6 · W 33-30 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

82.1 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

39 primary output · 45.4 efficiency · 12.8 usage

75.6

#2

2020 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

58.8

29 primary · 39.5 efficiency · 9.1 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Pittsburgh

43.4

12.5 primary · 18.6 efficiency · 7.7 usage

Milestones

13

Impact games

19

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games