Usage / Role
9%
Rotational defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2016-2019Iowa
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.
Impact Production
26
Developing production for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
14
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
46
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Iowa
1617171819
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Iowa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Player Story
Amani Jones built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Chicago, IL wearing No. 52, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Amani Jones' career was his defensive production: 39 tackles,...
Read the story3★
- Committed To
- Tulsa
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Amani Jones, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Iowa. Amani Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 39
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 2
Quick Answers
Amani Jones quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa · LB
- Career Tackles
- 39
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Iowa
- Top game
- Minnesota
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Allen · Tulsa
- High school pipeline
- Allen · 76 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 52 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 8 tackles · LB 791st (top 63%) · Big Ten 299th (top 48%) · National 2,832nd (top 48%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Iowa | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2017 Postseason | Iowa | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Iowa | 8 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa | 7 | 22 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 39.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 31.2 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Amani Jones
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: 2018 Regular Season
Iowa paired 3 primary output with 17.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 Regular Season fell back from 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
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2019 Regular Season · Iowa
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
8.9
Usage
5.2
Consistency
5.6
Best Game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
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
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)
Player Story
Amani Jones story
Amani Jones built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Chicago, IL wearing No. 52, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Amani Jones' career was his defensive production: 39 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 22 career games in the available record. His career also includes 15 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Amani 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
Iowa
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | — |
| 2017 Postseason | Iowa | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa | 3 | 17.4 | 4.2 | 3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa | 2 | 8.9 | 5.2 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Minnesota
Week 6 · W 48-31 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Miami (OH)
Week 1 · W 38-14
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Northern Illinois
Week 1 · W 33-7
0
Havoc Plays
21.4 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 21.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Iowa State
Week 3 · W 18-17
0
Havoc Plays
7.8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Illinois
Week 6 · W 45-16 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Iowa
3 primary output · 17.4 efficiency · 4.2 usage
39.2
#2
2016 Regular Season · Iowa
37.5
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 1 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · Iowa
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Amani Jones
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.