#86

Dre'Mont Jones

Former defensive tackle at Ohio State. 2018: 8.5 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, 41 tackles.

DT · Ohio State · Jr. · #86

6′3″ · 286 lb · Cleveland, OH

Denver — drafted 2019, Rd 3, Pick 7, #71 overall

Recruiting

4★

SDE recruit

No. 134 nationally · Signed with Ohio State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive tackle at Ohio State. 2018: 8.5 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, 41 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ohio State in 2015.
Drafted round 3 by the Denver in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Ohio State, 112 tackles — drafted at #71 overall by Denver.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Ohio State4-star out of St. Ignatius

2019

Drafted by Denverround 3, pick 71

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#134 national

CFB

College

Ohio State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #71

Denver · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Urban Meyer

Ohio State

Played his entire career under Urban Meyer.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DenverEntering 8th NFL season

#71Rd 3 · Pick 7

DenverEntering 8th NFL season

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2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Urban Meyer — 36-5 over that span.

2016Ohio State11-2HC: Urban Meyer · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Ohio State12-2HC: Urban Meyer · Run-leaning

2018Ohio State13-1HC: Urban Meyer · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (97th percentile). Concern: interceptions (30th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Sacks#25 / 2662 · 99th pct

8.5

Tackles for loss#75 / 2662 · 97th pct

13.0

QB hurries#287 / 2662 · 86th pct

Solo tackles#778 / 2662 · 70th pct

Tackles#893 / 2662 · 66th pct

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th 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

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home9g	2.8	0.8	0.7	0.0
Road4g	4.0	1.4	0.6	0.2

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2018

W 62–39

vs Michigan

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

Dominant 23-point win at home against Michigan.

With P. Campbell — 78 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD · D. Haskins — 318 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · 34 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week