#44

Jamir Jones

Senior defensive lineman for Notre Dame. 2019: 4.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

DL · Notre Dame · Sr. · #44

6′3″ · 255 lb · Rochester, NY

Notre Dame 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 314 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Notre Dame. 2019: 4.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Notre Dame, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20165 games

Signed with Notre Dame4-star out of IMG Academy

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#314 national

CFB

College

Notre Dame

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Brian Kelly

Notre Dame

Played his entire career under Brian Kelly.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Brian Kelly — 37-14 over that span.

2016Notre Dame4-8HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2017Notre Dame10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Run-heavy

2018Notre Dame12-1HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning

2019Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (93rd percentile). Strength: qb hurries (91st percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#164 / 2688 · 93rd pct

4.5

QB hurries#192 / 2688 · 91st pct

Tackles for loss#415 / 2688 · 84th pct

6.5

Passes defended#1097 / 2688 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Tackles#1583 / 2688 · 40th pct

Solo tackles#1606 / 2688 · 39th 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

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.3	0.8	0.5	0.2
Road4g	3.0	0.4	0.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.5	1.0	0.8	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	0.4	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Notre Dame	26	14	6.5	4.5	1	--	--
2018	Notre Dame	10	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2017	Notre Dame	4	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Notre Dame	8	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		48	26	6.5	4.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2019

W 30–27

vs USC

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With I. Book — 165 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 57.1 · 49 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · T. Jones Jr. — 176 rush yds (25 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week