Player Dossier

2016-2017

Alabama

Hootie Jones

DB • 6'2" • 215 lbs • Monroe, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Hootie Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

38%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

53

Solid production for a defensive back

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Reliability

58

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

64

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

Player Story

Hootie Jones built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a defensive back from Monroe, LA wearing No. 6, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Hootie Jones' career was his defensive production: 73...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.9548

Shoemaker · Killeen, TX

Committed To
Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Hootie Jones, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Alabama. Hootie Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
73
TFL
1
Passes defended
7

Quick Answers

Hootie Jones quick answers

Latest team and position
Alabama · DB
Career Tackles
73
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 23 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Alabama
Top game
Mississippi State
Recruit profile
4-star · Shoemaker · Alabama
High school pipeline
Shoemaker · 20 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
53 tackles · DB 133rd (top 17%) · SEC 63rd (top 11%) · National 630th (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonAlabama1120-0-5034.7
2017 Regular SeasonAlabama125310-2043.5

Related Context

Hootie Jones played DB for Alabama. Across 2 tracked seasons, Hootie Jones recorded 73 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Alabama.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Alabama paired 5 primary output with 22.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

Win with 1 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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2017 Regular Season · Alabama

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

22.6

Usage

4.5

Consistency

13.9

Best Game by takeover score

Mississippi State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Florida State: 0. Fresno State: 0. Colorado State: 1. Vanderbilt: 0. Ole Miss: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Arkansas: 1. Tennessee: 0. LSU: 1. Mississippi State: 1. Mercer: 1. Auburn: 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. Florida State: 2 by 8.3. Fresno State: 4 by 16.7. Colorado State: 2 by 18.3. Vanderbilt: 3 by 12.5. Ole Miss: 6 by 25. Texas A&M: 5 by 20.8. Arkansas: 3 by 22.5. Tennessee: 6 by 25. LSU: 5 by 30.8. Mississippi State: 10 by 51.7. Mercer: 1 by 14.2. Auburn: 6 by 25

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 11 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Mississippi State

Best efficiency game

51.7 vs Mississippi State

Result
Sat 11/25@ AuburnL 14-2665000
Sat 11/18vs MercerW 56-0110010
Sun 11/12@ Mississippi State10+ tacklesW 31-24104001
Sun 11/5vs LSUW 24-1054100
Sat 10/21vs TennesseeW 45-761000
Sat 10/14vs ArkansasW 41-933001
Sat 10/7@ Texas A&MW 27-1953000
Sun 10/1vs Ole MissW 66-363000
Sat 9/23@ VanderbiltW 59-031000
Sat 9/16vs Colorado StateW 41-23210010
Sat 9/9vs Fresno StateW 41-1044000
Sun 9/3vs Florida StateW 24-721000

Player Story

Hootie Jones story

Hootie Jones built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a defensive back from Monroe, LA wearing No. 6, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Hootie Jones' career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 2 interceptions, and 7 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Hootie Jones' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Alabama

    2016-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonAlabama512.11.4
2017 Regular SeasonAlabama522.64.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Mississippi State

Week 11 · W 31-24 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

66.1 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Colorado State

Week 3 · W 41-23

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Havoc Plays

62.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.

#3

vs LSU

Week 10 · W 24-10 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

59.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Mercer

Week 12 · W 56-0

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Havoc Plays

55.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Texas A&M

Week 8 · W 33-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

50.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Alabama

5 primary output · 22.6 efficiency · 4.5 usage

43.5

#2

2016 Regular Season · Alabama

34.7

5 primary · 12.1 efficiency · 1.4 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games