Player Dossier

2025-2025

Texas State

Ayden Jones

LB • 6'2" • 215 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

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Ayden Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

44%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

42

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

36

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Texas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Texas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Player Story

Ayden Jones built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Houston, TX wearing No. 46, spending time with Texas State. The clearest part of Ayden Jones' career was his defensive production: 52 tackles and 1...

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Ayden Jones, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Texas State. Ayden Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
52
TFL
1
QB hurries
2

Quick Answers

Ayden Jones quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas State · LB
Career Tackles
52
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 12 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Texas State
Top game
Marshall
Latest roster
No. 46 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
52 tackles · LB 267th (top 21%) · Sun Belt 62nd (top 10%) · National 552nd (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2025 PostseasonTexas State116-0--042.3
2025 Regular SeasonTexas State1146102-042.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Unlisted to Texas StateUnlisted to G5/FCS77Dec 29, 2024

Ayden Jones played LB for Texas State. Across 1 tracked season, Ayden Jones recorded 52 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Texas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Texas State paired 3 primary output with 22.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 22.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

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

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2025 Postseason · Texas State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

22.4

Usage

4.5

Consistency

9.1

Best Game by takeover score

Marshall

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Rice: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. UTSA: 0. Arizona State: 1. Nicholls: 1. Arkansas State: 0. Troy: 0. Marshall: 1. Louisiana: 0. UL Monroe: 0. South Alabama: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rice: 6 by 25. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 12.5. UTSA: 5 by 20.8. Arizona State: 4 by 26.7. Nicholls: 4 by 26.7. Arkansas State: 6 by 25. Troy: 4 by 16.7. Marshall: 9 by 47.5. Louisiana: 6 by 25. UL Monroe: 3 by 12.5. South Alabama: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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Wins0.2 · Games = 6 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 5 · +0.2 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

Marshall

Best efficiency game

47.5 vs Marshall

Result
Fri 1/2vs RiceW 41-1066000
Sat 11/29vs South AlabamaW 49-2621000
Sat 11/22vs UL MonroeW 31-1431000
Sat 11/8@ LouisianaL 39-4263000
Sat 10/18@ MarshallL 37-4093000
Sun 10/12vs TroyL 41-4842000
Sat 10/4@ Arkansas StateL 30-3164000
Sun 9/21vs NichollsW 35-343100
Sun 9/14@ Arizona StateL 15-3443000
Sat 9/6@ UTSAW 43-3651000
Sun 8/31vs Eastern MichiganW 52-2733000

Player Story

Ayden Jones story

Ayden Jones built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Houston, TX wearing No. 46, spending time with Texas State. The clearest part of Ayden Jones' career was his defensive production: 52 tackles and 1 tackle for loss across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Texas State. 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 Ayden Jones' production has multiple signals. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Texas State.

The arc is straightforward: Ayden 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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    Texas State

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 PostseasonTexas State322.44.5
2025 Regular SeasonTexas State322.44.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 86 Marshall

Week 8 · L 37-40 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

69.4 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Nicholls

Week 4 · W 35-3

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Havoc Plays

66.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 60 Arizona State

Week 3 · L 15-34

1

Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 120 Rice

Week 1 · W 41-10 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

21.7 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 21.7 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 100 Arkansas State

Week 6 · L 30-31 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

20.6 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 20.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Texas State

3 primary output · 22.4 efficiency · 4.5 usage

42.3

#2

2025 Regular Season · Texas State

42.3

3 primary · 22.4 efficiency · 4.5 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games