Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Colorado
Akil Jones
LB • 6'0" • 235 lbs • San Jose, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Akil Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
52
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
61
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
55
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Colorado
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Colorado
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Player Story
Akil Jones built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from San Jose, CA wearing No. 36, spending time with Colorado. The clearest part of Akil Jones' career was his defensive production: 83...
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- Committed To
- Western Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Akil Jones, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Colorado. Akil Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 83
- TFL
- 8
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Akil Jones quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Colorado · LB
- Career Tackles
- 83
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · Colorado
- Top game
- Utah
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Northwestern · Western Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Northwestern · 93 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 36 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · LB 359th (top 32%) · Pac-12 44th (top 11%) · National 933rd (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Colorado | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Colorado | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Colorado | 11 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 55 |
| 2020 Postseason | Colorado | 5 | 5 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 75.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Colorado | 5 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 75.6 |
Related Context
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Akil Jones played LB for Colorado. Across 4 tracked seasons, Akil Jones recorded 83 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Colorado.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
Colorado paired 9 primary output with 40.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 25.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Colorado
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
25.3
Usage
7.9
Consistency
51.5
Best Game by takeover score
Arizona
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 1. Air Force: 1. Arizona State: 0. Arizona: 2. Oregon: 1. Washington State: 0. USC: 0. UCLA: 0. Stanford: 1. Washington: 1. Utah: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nebraska: 4 by 26.7. Air Force: 5 by 30.8. Arizona State: 2 by 8.3. Arizona: 5 by 40.8. Oregon: 4 by 26.7. Washington State: 1 by 4.2. USC: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 8 by 33.3. Stanford: 4 by 26.7. Washington: 5 by 30.8. Utah: 11 by 45.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
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11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arizona
Best efficiency game
45.8 vs Utah
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/1 | @ Utah10+ tackles | L 15-45 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | vs Washington | W 20-14 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs Stanford | W 16-13 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/3 | @ UCLA | L 14-31 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs USC | L 31-35 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Washington State | L 10-41 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Oregon | L 3-45 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs ArizonaSplash game | L 30-35 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/22 | @ Arizona State | W 34-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Air Force | L 23-30 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Nebraska | W 34-31 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Akil Jones story
Akil Jones built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from San Jose, CA wearing No. 36, spending time with Colorado. The clearest part of Akil Jones' career was his defensive production: 83 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, and 2 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Colorado. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Akil Jones' production has multiple signals. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Colorado.
The arc is straightforward: Akil Jones moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Colorado
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201920202020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | 5.6 | 1 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Colorado | 7 | 25.3 | 7.9 | 7 |
| 2020 Postseason | Colorado | 9 | 40.5 | 10.7 | 2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Colorado | 9 | 40.5 | 10.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Utah
Week 15 · L 21-38 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Arizona
Week 6 · L 30-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#3
vs UCLA
Week 10 · W 48-42 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Air Force
Week 3 · L 23-30
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Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Stanford
Week 11 · W 16-13 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
52.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · Colorado
9 primary output · 40.5 efficiency · 10.7 usage
75.6
#2
2020 Regular Season · Colorado
75.6
9 primary · 40.5 efficiency · 10.7 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Colorado
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7 primary · 25.3 efficiency · 7.9 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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