Player Dossier

2012-2016

Michigan State

Evan Jones

DE • 6'5" • West Lafayette, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Evan Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.1 disruption score.

Usage Score

7.5

Efficiency

23.1

Consistency

38.9

Season Value

22.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Michigan State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Evan Jones, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Michigan State. Evan Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.1 disruption score.

Evan Jones played DE for Michigan State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Evan Jones recorded 15 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Michigan State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Michigan State paired 3 primary output with 23.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 23.1 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: Unknown

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2016 Regular Season · Michigan State

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

23.1

Usage

7.5

Consistency

38.9

Best Game by takeover score

BYU

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 2. Wisconsin: 0. Indiana: 1. BYU: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 2 by 28.3. Wisconsin: 4 by 16.7. Indiana: 5 by 30.8. BYU: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Losses0.3 · Games = 3
First Half1 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs First Half
All Games0.8 · Games = 4

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

30.8 vs Indiana

Result
Sat 10/8vs BYUL 14-3141000
Sun 10/2@ IndianaL 21-2455001
Sat 9/24vs WisconsinL 6-3040000
Fri 9/2vs Unknown21110

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Michigan State

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20122013201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonMichigan State0
2013 Regular SeasonMichigan State00
2014 Regular SeasonMichigan State00
2015 Regular SeasonMichigan State00
2016 Regular SeasonMichigan State323.17.53

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.9 takeover score.

#2

Indiana

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.2 takeover score.

#3

Wisconsin

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.

#4

BYU

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2016 Regular Season · Michigan State

3 primary output · 23.1 efficiency · 7.5 usage

22.1

#2

2012 Regular Season · Michigan State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Michigan State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2012 · Rating 0.853

Ridgewood · West Lafayette, OH

Committed To
Michigan State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

15

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 4 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.