Jonathan Jones

Position:
Defensve Back
Height:
6-0
Weight:
195
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Jacksonville, Fla.
High School:
Bishop Kenny
Prev School:
Campbell
Major:
Recreation & Parks Management

Career Notes: Earned five career letters (East Carolina-1, Campbell-4) … Appeared in 48 games making 21 starts … Logged over 1,200 defensive snaps … Tallied 133 career stops (97 solo) … Credited with 3.0 TFLs (-5 yards) … Picked off four passes (-1 yard return) with 11 pass breakups … Caused one fumble, while recovering two … Returned one punt for two yards (2022) … Caught one pass in his career (2022) coming against N.C. Central (one yard).

2023 (East Carolina): Appeared in all 12 games in a reserve role … Logged 306 total snaps during lone season with the program (184 defense, 122 special teams) … Recorded six total stops (two solo) … Recovered fumble against Gardner-Webb … Credited with a pair of pass breakups at Appalachian State … One of four stops came as a member of special teams unit … Recorded a tackle in six games.

2022 (Campbell): Started all 11 games for the Camels … Stood third on the team with 48 tackles (40 solo) … Credited with 1.0 TFL (-1 yard) coming in the season opener against The Citadel … Picked off a team-high three passes (The Citadel, Jackson State and Gardner-Webb) … Also led the team with eight pass breakups including one each in the last four games of the season … Recovered one fumble (Jackson State) … Recorded at least one stop in all 11 contests (multiple 10 times) … Booked season-best 11 stops against Gardner-Webb (nine solo) … Had seven tackles (all solo) at N.C. A&T ... Graduated with undergraduate degree in spring 2023.

2021 (Campbell): Made 27 tackles with 1.0 stop for loss, adding an interception, a pass breakup and a forced fumble … Played in all 11 CU games in 2021, making starts against North Alabama and Monmouth … Grabbed an interception and made a tackle for loss in a win at Gardner-Webb … Posted four or more tackles four times on the year, including a season-high five in a win over Presbyterian ... Forced a fumble and made four tackles in a win at North Alabama … Also tallied four tackles against Monmouth and Charleston Southern … Broke up a pass at CSU.

2020 (Campbell): Started all four games during the 2020 season … Totaled 28 tackles with 1.0 stop for loss … Made a season-high nine tackles at Appalachian State … Posted eight stops, including 1.0 tackle for loss in CU’s season opener at Georgia Southern … Tallied six tackles, all solo stops, at Wake Forest … Added five tackles at Coastal Carolina.

2019 (Campbell): Made 28 tackles on the season, including 18 solo stops … Recorded pass breakups against Davidson, Presbyterian and Gardner-Webb … Played in all 11 CU games as a true freshman, starting four of the team’s final five games … Made at least one tackle in nine games … Tallied a season-best eight tackles against nationally-ranked Kennesaw State … Collected four tackles apiece against Gardner-Webb and Charleston Southern … Notched three stops against Presbyterian and North Alabama … Made two tackles in a win over Shaw … Added tackles at Troy and Mercer.

High School: Lettered at Bishop Kenny High School … Led the city of Jacksonville with 54 receptions for 786 yards and seven touchdowns as a wide receiver in 2018, adding 34 tackles with four interceptions and 11 pass break-ups as a defensive back … Coached by Bobby Raulerson.