2018 Football Roster
Jim Jones
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tallahassee, Fla.
- High School:
- Godby
Career
• Enters senior season with 151 career tackles, 11.0 tackles for loss and 7.0 sacks
2018 Senior Season
• Selected to play in Tropical Bowl on Jan. 13
• Named Tropical Bowl American Team Defensive MVP
• Week 1 MAC East Defensive Player of the Week after 11 total tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery at Illinois (9/1)
• Made 47 tackles, including 25 solo stops
• Played in 10 games, starting seven
• Named to Athlon's Preseason All-MAC First Team
• Named to Phil Steele's Preseason All-MAC First Team
2017 Junior Season
• Named to All-MAC First Team
• Led the team and tied for sixth in the MAC with 98 tackles and had 8.0 tackles for loss, two passes broken up, two quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery
• Recorded 6.0 sacks which led the team and was sixth in the MAC
• Played in all 12 games and made 10 starts
• Tallied 2.0 sacks and 11 tackles against Bowling Green (10/31)
• Recorded a career-high 14 tackles (8 solo) and recovered a fumble at Northern Illinois (10/7)
• Made 11 tackles and had two pass breakups at Marshall (9/16)
• Recorded 13 tackles, a career-high 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and forced a fumble at Akron (11/21)
• Led Kent State in tackles in five games
2016 Sophomore
• Played in 11 games, starting two
• Made 37 tackles with 20 solo stops and 2.0 tackles for loss
• Forced a fumble, recorded a sack and had four quarterback hurries
• Made a career-high nine tackles against No. 14 Western Michigan (11/8)
• Topped career-high with 11 tackles against Northern Illinois (11/25)
• Earned Jack Lambert Award as most improved on defense during spring
2015 Freshman
• Played in 10 games and made 16 tackles with 1.0 tackle for loss
• Made collegiate debut at Illinois (9/5)
• Registered first career tackle for loss at Akron (11/27)
Prior to Kent State
• Two-time all-conference first team member
• All-state first team selection. Team captain
• Totaled 145 tackles, eight sacks, two interceptions and one touchdown
• Tabbed three-star recruit by Rivals and Scout.com
• Earned four different team awards and was high school teammates with P.J. Simmons
• Also a team captain on Godby’s basketball and baseball teams
Personal
• Born May 2, 1996
• Son of Anika Jelks and Jim Jones III
• Has a brother, Travis
• Majoring in communication studies
