Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Northern Illinois
Mario Jones
DT • 6'0" • Chicago, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Mario Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
24
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
61
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
Player Story
Mario Jones built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive tackle from Chicago, IL wearing No. 92, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Mario Jones' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Mario Jones, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Mario Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 16
- TFL
- 2
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Mario Jones quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · DT
- Career Tackles
- 16
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Ball State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Hubbard · Northern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Cedarburg · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 92 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · DT 133rd (top 57%) · Mid-American 216th (top 41%) · National 2,247th (top 40%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 38.4 |
Related Context
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Mario Jones played DT for Northern Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Mario Jones recorded 16 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 4 primary output with 13.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
13.4
Usage
3.3
Consistency
12.5
Best Game by takeover score
Ball State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 0. South Florida: 0. San Diego State: 0. Western Illinois: 0.5. Ball State: 3. Western Michigan: 0.5. Eastern Michigan: 0. Kent State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wyoming: 3 by 12.5. South Florida: 1 by 4.2. San Diego State: 1 by 4.2. Western Illinois: 3 by 17.5. Ball State: 3 by 42.5. Western Michigan: 3 by 17.5. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Kent State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Ball State
Best efficiency game
42.5 vs Ball State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/25 | @ Kent State | W 31-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/17 | @ Eastern Michigan | W 31-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Western Michigan | L 30-45 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Ball StateSplash game | W 31-24 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Western Illinois | L 23-28 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs San Diego State | L 28-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ South Florida | L 17-48 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/4 | @ Wyoming | L 34-40 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Mario Jones story
Mario Jones built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive tackle from Chicago, IL wearing No. 92, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Mario Jones' career was his defensive production: 16 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 8 career games in the available record. That gives Mario Jones' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Northern Illinois
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20122013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 4 | 13.4 | 3.3 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Ball State
Week 5 · W 31-24 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Western Illinois
Week 4 · L 23-28
0.5
Havoc Plays
31.4 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 31.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Western Michigan
Week 6 · L 30-45 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
25.3 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 25.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Wyoming
Week 1 · L 34-40
0
Havoc Plays
8.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Kent State
Week 13 · W 31-21 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
4 primary output · 13.4 efficiency · 3.3 usage
38.4
#2
2012 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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