Senior cornerback on Vanderbilt's 2025 roster.
6′1″ · 188 lb · Tacoma, WA
The story
4 cornerback on Vanderbilt's 2025 roster.
Marlon Jones Jr.
He got to Vanderbilt by way of Eastern Washington. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Kentucky, Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th 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
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-3vs Charleston Southern | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-20@ Virginia Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-7@ South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 70-21vs Georgia State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-17vs Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
2026 Outlook
Vanderbilt
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Vanderbilt
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Vanderbilt · Last season: 10-3 (AP #13) · Talent rank #42 · 2026 recruiting class #33