Dre'Mont Jones: DT · Ohio State · #86.
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Dre'Mont Jones
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Third year in the same defensive front at Ohio State. All-Big Ten in 2018 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against TCU — Week 3, 2018.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 13 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.
Los Angeles Times Nov 1
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Ohio State | 41 | 26 | 13.0 | 8.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | Ohio State | 20 | 10 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2016 | Ohio State | 51 | 22 | 4.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 112 | 58 | 22.0 | 9.5 | 3 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 77-31vs Oregon State | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 52-3vs Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 40-28vs No. 15 TCU | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 49-6vs Tulane | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-26@ No. 9 Penn State | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 49-26vs Indiana | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-14vs Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-49@ Purdue | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 36-31vs Nebraska | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-51@ Maryland | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 62-39vs No. 4 Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-24vs No. 21 Northwestern | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 28-23vs No. 9 Washington | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 26 | 13.0 | 8.5 | 1 | 1 |
Week 3 · 2018
W 40-28
vs TCU · neutral site
1 interception · 1 sack · 2 tackles for loss
Edged out TCU at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
32%13 TFLSack rate
21%8 sacksHurry rate
7%3 hurries41 tackles · 13 for loss · 8.5 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Urban Meyer
Pass share
50.6%
561 pass / 547 run
Plays / game
79.1
14 games
Team sack rate
3.8%
599 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Ohio State, 112 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2018) — drafted at #71 overall by the Denver Broncos.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Urban Meyer → Ryan Day. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Denver BroncosEntering 8th NFL season
Denver BroncosEntering 8th NFL season
