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Jayson Jones Season 2024

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Jayson Jones Season 2024

PositionDL
Weight355 lbs
Height6-6
ClassSenior
HometownCalera, Ala.
Previous SchoolOregon

2023: Returning starter at nose tackle … 20 tackles for season … tackle, QB hurry against UMass … 3 tackles at Cal … 2 solo tackles vs. Samford … 2 tackles vs. Georgia … 2 tackles at Arkansas … 3 solo stops vs. New Mexico State … 2 tackles vs. Alabama

2022: Transfer from Oregon … earned starting job at nose tackle …28 tackles for season ... 3 tackles against Penn State … 3 tackles against Missouri … fourth-quarter fumble recovery vs. LSU … 2 tackles, TFL at Georgia … 4 stops at Ole Miss … 2 tackles vs. Arkansas … 3 tackles at Mississippi State … 4 tackles against Western Kentucky … 3 tackles at Alabama

Before Auburn: Defensive line transfer from Oregon … recorded 19 tackles, 2 sacks in 13 games in 2021 for the Ducks; did not see action in 2020 … consensus top 25 player in the prep ranks … four-year letterman and team captain for Coach Trey Simpson at Calera High … Under Armour All-American Game … 2019 all-Birmingham … AL.com Super All-State … All-6A Region 3 honors … Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game … finished senior season with 55 tackles, 16 TFL, 7 sacks … 63 tackles, 10 TFL, 2 sacks as a junior … Team USA Alabama … top 10 recruit from the state of Alabama by ESPN, Rivals, 24/7, PrepStar

Personal: Birthday is October 29 … son of Thomas and Janice Jones … has one brother, Thomas … studying in the College of Business