Player Dossier

2016-2019

Iowa

Amani Jones

LB • 5'11" • 244 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Amani Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.9 disruption score.

Usage Score

6.6

Efficiency

8.9

Consistency

5.6

Season Value

7.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Iowa

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Iowa
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

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.

Amani Jones, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Iowa. Amani Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.9 disruption score.

Amani Jones played LB for Iowa. Across 4 tracked seasons, Amani Jones recorded 39 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Iowa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Iowa paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)

Win 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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Season Explorer

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2019 Regular Season · Iowa

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

8.9

Usage

6.6

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

Wisconsin

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami (OH): 2. Iowa State: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Michigan: 0. Penn State: 0. Wisconsin: 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. Miami (OH): 1 by 24.2. Iowa State: 2 by 8.3. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 2 by 8.3. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

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

Miami (OH)

Best efficiency game

24.2 vs Miami (OH)

Result
Sat 11/9@ WisconsinL 22-2411000
Sat 10/12vs Penn StateL 12-1721000
Sat 10/5@ MichiganL 3-1011000
Sat 9/28vs Middle TennesseeW 48-310000
Sat 9/14@ Iowa StateW 18-1721000
Sat 8/31vs Miami (OH)W 38-1411110

Career Arc

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

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    Iowa

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20162017201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonIowa04.21
2017 PostseasonIowa04.20.70
2017 Regular SeasonIowa04.20.70
2018 Regular SeasonIowa317.44.23
2019 Regular SeasonIowa28.96.6-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Minnesota

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 62.4 takeover score.

#2

Miami (OH)

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.

#3

Northern Illinois

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.9 takeover score.

#4

Iowa State

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.4 takeover score.

#5

Illinois

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2016 Regular Season · Iowa

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 1 usage

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#2

2017 Postseason · Iowa

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Iowa

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8378

Allen · Allen, TX

Committed To
Tulsa
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

39

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 22 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.