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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2010-2014UConn
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.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a corner
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2011 Regular Season | UConn | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 48.4 |
| 2012 Regular Season | UConn | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 51.1 |
| 2013 Regular Season | UConn | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UConn | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 62.2 |
Related Context
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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
2014 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: East Carolina
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2014 Regular Season · UConn
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
East Carolina
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Game by game trend chart. South Florida: 1. East Carolina: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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First Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
East Carolina
Best efficiency game
20 vs East Carolina
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
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | UConn | 2 | 13.3 | — | 2 |
| 2012 Regular Season | UConn | 1 | 20 | — | -1 |
| 2013 Regular Season | UConn | 3 | 20 | — | 2 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UConn | 2 | 20 | — | -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.
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
vs Fordham
Week 1 · W 35-3
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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
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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
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