Jonathan Jones is a defensive lineman at UTSA who has not played in UTSA's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
UTSA lists 22 defensive linemen this season.
UTSA is 7-1. Next: at Florida Atlantic, Thu Nov 5.
Jones disrupts the pocket from the interior. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Eli Drinkwitz and Jeff Traylor. On tape: 3 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Incarnate Word, Week 3, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 36-43vs Texas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-20vs Incarnate Word | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 17-16@ Colorado State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-27@ Temple | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 61-13vs Rice | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-55@ North Texas | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-55@ South Florida | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-7@ Charlotte | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 58-24vs East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-27vs Army | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 57-20vs Florida International | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 15 | 9 | 7.5 | 2.5 | — | 4 |
Week 3 · 2025
W 48-20
0.5 sacks · 2.5 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 28-point win at home against Incarnate Word.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
50%8 TFLSack rate
17%2 sacksHurry rate
13%2 hurries15 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Traylor
Pass share
50.7%
446 pass / 434 run
Plays / game
67.7
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
432 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #16 of 53 American Athletic DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Mark Stoops and Jeff Traylor.
