Jack Jones

Former defensive back at Arizona State. 2021: 3 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 41 tackles.

DB · Arizona State · Sr.

5′9″ · 170 lb · Long Beach, CA

CFB Index 88 · #15 of 321 cornersLow confidenceNew England — drafted 2022, Rd 4, Pick 16, #121 overall

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 19 nationally · Joined Arizona State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Arizona State. 2021: 3 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 41 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arizona State in 2019.
Drafted round 4 by the New England in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Arizona State, 139 tackles — drafted at #121 overall by New England.

His career

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

201913 games

Signed with Arizona State3-star out of Moorpark College

2022

Drafted by New Englandround 4, pick 121

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#19 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #121

New England · 2022

Coaching lineage · 2016–2021

2 coaches

2016–2017

Todd Graham

Arizona State

2019–2021

Herm Edwards

Arizona State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Todd Graham → Herm Edwards. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New EnglandEntering 5th NFL season

#121Rd 4 · Pick 16

New EnglandEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016USC10-3HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

2017USC11-3HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

2019Arizona State8-5HC: Herm Edwards · Run-leaning

2020Arizona State2-2HC: Herm Edwards · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2021Arizona State8-5HC: Herm Edwards · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

88All-Conference level #15 of 321?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Strength: interceptions (90th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#136 / 2743 · 94th pct

Interceptions#36 / 824 · 90th pct

Solo tackles#404 / 2743 · 85th pct

Tackles#880 / 2743 · 67th pct

Sacks#829 / 2743 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1233 / 2743 · 52nd pct

2.5

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th 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

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.5	0.4	0.2	0.7
Road5g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	0.1	0.0	0.7
Weeks 8+4g	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kenny Dillingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

88 · #15 of 321 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #15 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Arizona State	41	35	2.5	1.0	6	3	--
2020	Arizona State	5	4	0.0	0.0	1	--	1
2019	Arizona State	40	36	0.0	0.0	13	3	1
2017	USC	40	31	0.0	0.0	7	4	2
2016	USC	13	11	0.0	0.0	1	--	1
Career		139	117	2.5	1.0	28	10	5

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2021

W 42–23

at UCLA

7 SOLO · 8 TOT

With J. Daniels — 286 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.1 · 45 rush yds (6 car) · R. Pearsall — 4 rec · 132 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 41-14vs Southern Utah	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 37-10vs UNLV	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 3	L 17-27@ BYU	2	2	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	W 35-13vs Colorado	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 42-23@ UCLA	8	7	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 6	W 28-10vs Stanford	4	4	0.0	0.0	1	2
Wk 7	L 21-35@ Utah	5	5	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 21-34vs Washington State	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 35-30@ Washington	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 10-24@ Oregon State	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 38-15vs Arizona	6	6	1.0	1.0	1	0
Total		41	35	2.5	1.0	3	6

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