#49

Chris Jones

Former defensive end at Florida Atlantic. 2024: 1 sack, 8 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

DE · Florida Atlantic · Sr. · #49

6′4″ · 255 lb · Pompano Beach, FL

CFB Index 51 · #207 of 426 edge rushersMedium confidenceKansas City — drafted 2016, Rd 2, Pick 6, #37 overall

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1331 nationally · Signed with Florida Atlantic

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Florida Atlantic. 2024: 1 sack, 8 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida Atlantic in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Florida Atlantic, 8 sacks — drafted at #37 overall by Kansas City.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20204 games

Signed with Florida Atlantic3-star out of Zephyrhills Christian Academy

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1331 national

CFB

College

Florida Atlantic

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted (yet)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

3 coaches

2020–2022

Willie Taggart

Florida Atlantic

2023

Tom Herman

Florida Atlantic

era →

2024

Chad Lunsford

Florida Atlantic

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Willie Taggart, Tom Herman, and Chad Lunsford. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Kansas CityEntering 11th NFL season

#37Rd 2 · Pick 6

Kansas CityEntering 11th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Florida Atlantic5-4HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2021Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Run-leaning

2023Florida Atlantic4-8HC: Tom Herman · Balanced

2024Florida Atlantic3-9HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

51Rotational starter #207 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (93rd percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (92nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#160 / 2892 · 93rd pct

Tackles for loss#218 / 2892 · 92nd pct

8.0

Passes defended#327 / 2892 · 86th pct

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1114 / 2892 · 60th pct

Tackles#1170 / 2892 · 59th 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.2	0.7	0.2	0.3
Road5g	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	0.8	0.2	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.7	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Zach Kittley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #207 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #207 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Florida Atlantic	34	19	8.0	1.0	4	--	--
2023	Florida Atlantic	21	9	3.5	1.5	--	--	--
2022	Florida Atlantic	12	5	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
2021	Florida Atlantic	29	15	4.0	1.0	1	--	--
2020	Florida Atlantic	9	6	4.5	3.5	--	--	--
Career		105	54	21.5	8.0	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2024

W 41–10

vs Wagner

4 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Dominant 31-point win at home against Wagner.

With O. Hayes — -4 rush yds (1 car) · C. Fancher — 150 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 49.5 · 7 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 10-16@ Michigan State	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 7-24vs Army	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 3	W 38-20vs Florida International	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 14-48@ UConn	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 41-10vs Wagner	4	3	2.5	1.0	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 7	L 37-41vs North Texas	4	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 24-38@ UTSA	3	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 21-44vs South Florida	3	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 15-18@ Temple	5	5	2.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 27-39vs Charlotte	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	W 63-16@ Tulsa	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		34	19	8.0	1.0	—	4

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

Chris Jones

20204 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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