Usage Score
11
Player Dossier
2018-2020South Carolina
Ernest Jones
LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Waycross, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ernest Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40 disruption score.
Efficiency
40
Consistency
7.4
Season Value
16.1
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason · South Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 4
- Program Path
- South Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
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.
Ernest Jones, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason · South Carolina. Ernest Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40 disruption score.
Ernest Jones played LB for South Carolina. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ernest Jones recorded 199 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with South Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
South Carolina paired 0 primary output with 13.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 40 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: Vanderbilt
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · South Carolina
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
40
Usage
11
Consistency
7.4
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 0.5. Florida: 0. Vanderbilt: 4. Auburn: 0. LSU: 0.5. Texas A&M: 0. Ole Miss: 1. Missouri: 0. Georgia: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee: 11 by 50.8. Florida: 5 by 20.8. Vanderbilt: 13 by 90. Auburn: 7 by 29.2. LSU: 19 by 55. Texas A&M: 5 by 20.8. Ole Miss: 18 by 60. Missouri: 7 by 29.2. Georgia: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2 · Games = 2 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 7 · -1.7 vs Wins
First Half1 · Games = 5 · +0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.8 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
Best efficiency game
90 vs Vanderbilt
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/29 | vs Georgia | L 16-45 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/22 | vs Missouri | L 10-17 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/15 | @ Ole Miss10+ tackles | L 42-59 | 18 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/8 | vs Texas A&M | L 3-48 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | @ LSU10+ tackles | L 24-52 | 19 | 8 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/17 | vs Auburn | W 30-22 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/10 | @ Vanderbilt10+ tackles · Splash game | W 41-7 | 13 | 7 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | @ Florida | L 24-38 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Tennessee10+ tackles | L 27-31 | 11 | 7 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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South Carolina
2018-2020
Opening stop
Season Progression
2018201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | South Carolina | 0 | 13.3 | 2.6 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Carolina | 0 | 13.3 | 2.6 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Carolina | 13.5 | 44.6 | 10 | 13.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Carolina | 6 | 40 | 11 | -7.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Vanderbilt
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Primary metric
4 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.
#2
App State
4
Primary metric
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 69.9 takeover score.
#3
Georgia
3.5
Primary metric
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#4
Alabama
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 42.5 takeover score.
#5
North Carolina
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 42.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2018 Postseason · South Carolina
0 primary output · 13.3 efficiency · 2.6 usage
38.6
#2
2018 Regular Season · South Carolina
38.6
0 primary · 13.3 efficiency · 2.6 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · South Carolina
25
13.5 primary · 44.6 efficiency · 10 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
8
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2018 · Rating 0.8552
Ware County · Waycross, GA
- Committed To
- South Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Career Facts
1
Career teams
4
Seasons tracked
199
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 26 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.