#19

Brandon Jones

Former defensive back at Texas. 2019: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 86 tackles.

DB · Texas · Sr. · #19

6′0″ · 205 lb · Nacogdoches, TX

Miami — drafted 2020, Rd 3, Pick 6, #70 overall

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 40 nationally · Signed with Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Texas. 2019: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 86 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2016.
Drafted round 3 by the Miami in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Texas, 232 tackles — drafted at #70 overall by Miami.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201610 games

Signed with Texas4-star out of Nacogdoches

2020

Drafted by Miamiround 3, pick 70

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#40 national

CFB

College

Texas

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #70

Miami · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016

Charlie Strong

Texas

2017–2019

Tom Herman

Texas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Charlie Strong → Tom Herman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MiamiEntering 7th NFL season

#70Rd 3 · Pick 6

MiamiEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Texas5-7HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Texas7-6HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Texas10-4HC: Tom Herman · Run-leaning

2019Texas8-5HC: Tom Herman · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (99th percentile). Strength: tackles (95th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (25th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#27 / 2688 · 99th pct

Tackles#139 / 2688 · 95th pct

Forced fumbles#11 / 721 · 94th pct

Passes defended#379 / 2688 · 83rd pct

Interceptions#134 / 779 · 72nd pct

Tackles for loss#713 / 2688 · 71st pct

4.5

Sacks#857 / 2688 · 61st pct

1.0

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	7.6	0.6	0.1	0.4
Road5g	6.6	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Texas	86	64	4.5	1.0	4	2	1
2018	Texas	70	48	5.5	0.0	1	2	1
2017	Texas	61	51	4.0	0.0	2	--	--
2016	Texas	15	11	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		232	174	14.0	1.0	7	4	2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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 LSU	6	4	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 48-13@ 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 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 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@ 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

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

201610 games

2020

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays