Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2024James Madison
Taurus Jones
LB • 6'2" • 224 lbs • Portsmouth, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Taurus Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
77
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · James Madison
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- James Madison
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Player Story
Taurus Jones built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a linebacker from Portsmouth, VA, spending time with James Madison. The clearest part of Taurus Jones' career was his defensive production: 152 tackles,...
Read the storyTaurus Jones, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · James Madison. Taurus Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 152
- TFL
- 18
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Taurus Jones quick answers
- Latest team and position
- James Madison · LB
- Career Tackles
- 152
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · James Madison
- Top game
- Arkansas State
- Latest roster
- No. 0 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 33 tackles · LB 432nd (top 36%) · Sun Belt 138th (top 22%) · National 1,268th (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | James Madison | 11 | 81 | 10.5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 66.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | James Madison | 9 | 38 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 28.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | James Madison | 9 | 33 | 3.5 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 25 |
Related Context
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Taurus Jones played LB for James Madison. Across 3 tracked seasons, Taurus Jones recorded 152 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with James Madison.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
James Madison paired 18.5 primary output with 46.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 46.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · James Madison
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.7
Efficiency
46.8
Usage
10.1
Consistency
36.8
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Middle Tennessee: 2.5. Norfolk State: 0. App State: 0. Texas State: 4. Arkansas State: 4.5. Georgia Southern: 2.5. Marshall: 1. Louisville: 1. Old Dominion: 1. Georgia State: 1. Coastal Carolina: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Middle Tennessee: 7 by 54.2. Norfolk State: 4 by 16.7. App State: 7 by 29.2. Texas State: 7 by 69.2. Arkansas State: 13 by 95. Georgia Southern: 7 by 54.2. Marshall: 13 by 60. Louisville: 4 by 26.7. Old Dominion: 7 by 39.2. Georgia State: 4 by 26.7. Coastal Carolina: 8 by 43.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.8 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas State
Best efficiency game
95 vs Arkansas State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Coastal Carolina | W 47-7 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Georgia State | W 42-40 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Old Dominion | W 37-3 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Louisville | L 10-34 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Marshall10+ tackles | L 12-26 | 13 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Georgia SouthernSplash game | L 38-45 | 7 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Arkansas State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 42-20 | 13 | 8 | — | 2.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Texas StateSplash game | W 40-13 | 7 | 5 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ App State | W 32-28 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Norfolk State | W 63-7 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Middle TennesseeSplash game | W 44-7 | 7 | 3 | — | 2.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Taurus Jones story
Taurus Jones built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a linebacker from Portsmouth, VA, spending time with James Madison. The clearest part of Taurus Jones' career was his defensive production: 152 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with James Madison. 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 Taurus Jones' production has multiple signals. His career also includes 18 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across James Madison.
The arc is straightforward: Taurus 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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James Madison
2022-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | James Madison | 18.5 | 46.8 | 10.1 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | James Madison | 6 | 24.3 | 5.1 | -12.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | James Madison | 5 | 20.8 | 4.5 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arkansas State
Week 6 · W 42-20 · Conference game
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5
Havoc Plays
98.3 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 98.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Bucknell
Week 1 · W 38-3
3
Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Texas State
Week 5 · W 40-13 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
86 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86 takeover score.
#4
vs Georgia State
Week 11 · W 38-7 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
70.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 1 · W 44-7
2.5
Havoc Plays
67.4 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · James Madison
18.5 primary output · 46.8 efficiency · 10.1 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · James Madison
28.5
6 primary · 24.3 efficiency · 5.1 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · James Madison
25
5 primary · 20.8 efficiency · 4.5 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
6
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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