Brandon Jones: DB · Texas · #19.
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Brandon Jones
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Texas. First career honor, 2019: All-Big 12. On tape: 12 tackles against Texas Tech, Week 14, 2019.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
86 tackles. 4 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 4.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 31
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-14vs Louisiana Tech | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 38-45vs No. 6 LSU | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-13vs Rice | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 36-30vs Oklahoma State | 7 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-31@ West Virginia | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-34vs No. 6 Oklahoma | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 50-48vs Kansas | 10 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-37@ TCU | 11 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-24vs No. 20 Kansas State | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-23@ Iowa State | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-24@ No. 13 Baylor | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 49-24vs Texas Tech | 12 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Total | 86 | 64 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
86tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%4 TFL86 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 1 sack · 4 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 8.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 7.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tom Herman
Pass share
49.7%
469 pass / 474 run
Plays / game
72.5
13 games
Team sack rate
6.9%
518 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Four seasons at Texas, 232 tackles — drafted at #70 overall by the Miami Dolphins.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Big 12 2nd team (2019)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charlie Strong → Tom Herman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Miami DolphinsEntering 7th NFL season
Miami DolphinsEntering 7th NFL season
