Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022LSU
Mike Jones Jr.
LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Nashville, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Mike Jones Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16 disruption score.
Impact Production
40
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
25
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Clemson
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Clemson • LSU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Player Story
Mike Jones Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Nashville, TN wearing No. 6, spending time with Clemson and LSU. The clearest part of Mike Jones Jr.'s career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Clemson
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Mike Jones Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Clemson. Mike Jones Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 97
- TFL
- 11
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Mike Jones Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- LSU · LB
- Career Tackles
- 97
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · Clemson
- Top game
- Alabama
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · IMG Academy · Clemson
- High school pipeline
- IMG Academy · 130 FBS recruits · 13 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Junior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 17 tackles · LB 590th (top 48%) · SEC 222nd (top 37%) · National 2,121st (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Clemson | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Clemson | 10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 38.8 |
| 2020 Postseason | Clemson | 9 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 56.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Clemson | 9 | 25 | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 56.9 |
| 2021 Postseason | LSU | 10 | 3 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 35 |
| 2021 Regular Season | LSU | 10 | 31 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| 2022 Regular Season | LSU | 6 | 17 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 24.7 |
Related Context
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Mike Jones Jr. played LB for Clemson and LSU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Mike Jones Jr. recorded 97 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with LSU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
Clemson paired 9.5 primary output with 22.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 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 Clemson, LSU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · LSU
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
16
Usage
5.5
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Florida State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida State: 2. Southern: 0. Mississippi State: 0. New Mexico: 0.5. Auburn: 0. Tennessee: 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. Florida State: 2 by 28.3. Southern: 2 by 8.3. Mississippi State: 3 by 12.5. New Mexico: 4 by 21.7. Auburn: 3 by 12.5. Tennessee: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.1 · Games = 4 · -0.9 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +0.9 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
Florida State
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Florida State
Player Story
Mike Jones Jr. story
Mike Jones Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Nashville, TN wearing No. 6, spending time with Clemson and LSU. The clearest part of Mike Jones Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 97 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Mike Jones Jr.'s 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
Clemson
2018-2020
Opening stop
- 2
LSU
2021-2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | 8.3 | 1.6 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Clemson | 7 | 14.5 | 3.2 | 7 |
| 2020 Postseason | Clemson | 9.5 | 22.6 | 5.3 | 2.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Clemson | 9.5 | 22.6 | 5.3 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | LSU | 6.5 | 20.7 | 4.5 | -3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | LSU | 6.5 | 20.7 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | LSU | 2.5 | 16 | 5.5 | -4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Alabama
Week 10 · L 14-20 · Conference game
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
85.3 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Florida State
Week 1 · L 23-24
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Syracuse
Week 8 · W 47-21 · Conference game
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.
#4
@ Georgia Tech
Week 7 · W 73-7 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Virginia Tech
Week 14 · W 45-10 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
70.3 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · Clemson
9.5 primary output · 22.6 efficiency · 5.3 usage
56.9
#2
2020 Regular Season · Clemson
56.9
9.5 primary · 22.6 efficiency · 5.3 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Clemson
40.5
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.6 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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