Senior defensive lineman on Texas's 2021 roster.
6′4″ · 262 lb · Saint Louis, MO
The story
4 defensive lineman on Texas's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJacoby Jones
Wins his gap play after play. Jacoby Jones has been at Texas through two head coaches in three seasons. The receipt: 5 tackles against TCU — Week 5, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Texas, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Steve Sarkisian. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2021
W 22–17
vs Kansas State
1 TFL · 1 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.
With C. Dicker — 2 SOLO · 2 TOT · 39 LONG · R. Johnson — 2 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.7 · 179 rush yds (31 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-18vs Louisiana | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-40@ Arkansas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 58-0vs Rice | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 70-35vs Texas Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 32-27@ TCU | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 48-55vs Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 22-17vs Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 9 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Toby Ndukwe’s 2020 season.
Matches Toby on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Bronson Massie's junior season at Kansas State (2021).
Matches Bronson on
Player DNA