Carl Jones: DL · UCLA · #4.
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Carl Jones
Wins the gap play after play. Fifth year in the same defensive front at UCLA. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 1 sack against Colorado — Week 9, 2023.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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.
USA Today Oct 29
On3 Oct 24
Yahoo Sports Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-13vs Coastal Carolina | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-10@ San Diego State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-7vs North Carolina Central | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-14@ No. 11 Utah | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 25-17vs No. 13 Washington State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-36@ No. 15 Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-7@ Stanford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-16vs Colorado | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 10-27@ Arizona | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-17vs Arizona State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-20@ USC | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-33vs California | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 35-22vs Boise State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 31 | 5.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
14%6 TFLSack rate
5%2 sacksHurry rate
13%5 hurries39 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
5 seasons under Chip Kelly — 32-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chip Kelly
Pass share
44.4%
410 pass / 514 run
Plays / game
71.1
13 games
Team sack rate
9.3%
453 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
39 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #156 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at UCLA, 8 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 51 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chip Kelly.
