Player Dossier

2010-2014

UConn

Byron Jones

CB • 6'1" • New Britain, CT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Byron Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

80

High-end production for a corner

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

lowhigh

Star Power

69

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · UConn

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
UConn
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State

Player Story

Byron Jones built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a cornerback from New Britain, CT wearing No. 16, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Byron Jones' career was his defensive production: 8...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2010 · Rating 0.8111

St Paul Catholic · Bristol, CT

Committed To
UConn
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2010

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2015
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 27
Overall
No. 27
NFL Team
Dallas Cowboys

Byron Jones, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · UConn. Byron Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Byron Jones quick answers

Latest team and position
UConn · CB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 9 games
Best season
2013 Regular Season · UConn
Top game
Iowa State
Recruit profile
3-star · St Paul Catholic · UConn
High school pipeline
St Paul Catholic · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2015 · Round 1 · Pick 27 · Dallas Cowboys
Latest roster
No. 16 · Class 2014

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2010 Regular SeasonUConn00-0--0-
2011 Regular SeasonUConn30-0--148.4
2012 Regular SeasonUConn10-0--051.1
2013 Regular SeasonUConn30-0--073.3
2014 Regular SeasonUConn20-0--162.2

Related Context

Byron Jones played CB for UConn. Across 5 tracked seasons, Byron Jones recorded 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with UConn.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

UConn paired 3 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2014 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UCF

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2013 Regular Season · UConn

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

UCF

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 1. South Florida: 1. UCF: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UCF

Best efficiency game

20 vs UCF

Result
Sat 10/26@ UCFL 17-621
Sat 10/12vs South FloridaL 10-131
Sun 9/22vs MichiganL 21-241

Player Story

Byron Jones story

Byron Jones built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a cornerback from New Britain, CT wearing No. 16, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Byron Jones' career was his defensive production: 8 interceptions across 9 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with UConn. 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 Byron Jones' production has multiple signals. His career also includes 9 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 9 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UConn.

The arc is straightforward: Byron 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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    UConn

    2010-2014

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20102011201220132014
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2010 Regular SeasonUConn0
2011 Regular SeasonUConn213.32
2012 Regular SeasonUConn120-1
2013 Regular SeasonUConn3202
2014 Regular SeasonUConn220-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Iowa State

Week 3 · L 20-24

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

vs Fordham

Week 1 · W 35-3

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

vs Temple

Week 7 · L 14-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ UCF

Week 9 · L 17-62 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

vs South Florida

Week 7 · L 10-13 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · UConn

3 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2014 Regular Season · UConn

62.2

2 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · UConn

51.1

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games