Ernest Jones: LB · South Carolina · #53.
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Ernest Jones
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Third year in the South Carolina linebacker corps. A game that shows it: 19 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against LSU — Week 8, 2020.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
86 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | South Carolina | 86 | 42 | 5.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | South Carolina | 97 | 59 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2018 | South Carolina | 16 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 199 | 111 | 10.5 | 2.0 | 5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 27-31vs No. 16 Tennessee | 11 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-38@ No. 3 Florida | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 41-7@ Vanderbilt | 13 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 7 | W 30-22vs No. 15 Auburn | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-52@ LSU | 19 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 19 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 3-48vs No. 7 Texas A&M | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 42-59@ Ole Miss | 18 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-17vs Missouri | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-45vs No. 13 Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 86 | 42 | 5.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
86tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%5 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups86 tackles · 5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 13.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 9.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 10.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Muschamp
Pass share
44.9%
290 pass / 356 run
Plays / game
64.6
10 games
Team sack rate
8.4%
332 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2020
More tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at South Carolina, 199 tackles — drafted at #103 overall by the Los Angeles Rams.
A stat line in 26 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Will Muschamp → Mike Bobo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Los Angeles RamsEntering 6th NFL season
Los Angeles RamsEntering 6th NFL season
