Marvin Jones Jr. is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Oklahoma.
Jones disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches across four seasons and three programs. A game that shows it: 3 tackles against Missouri — Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oklahoma | 20 | 10 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Florida State | 25 | 10 | 6.0 | 4.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia | 12 | 7 | 4.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| Career | 61 | 30 | 16.5 | 8.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 24-13vs No. 15 Michigan | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-3@ Temple | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 24-17vs No. 22 Auburn | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 44-0vs Kent State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 6-23vs Texas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 26-34vs No. 8 Ole Miss | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 33-27@ No. 14 Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-21@ No. 4 Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 17-6vs No. 23 Missouri | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 17-13vs LSU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Bowl | L 24-34vs No. 11 Alabama | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 10 | 5.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
25%5 TFLSack rate
10%2 sacksHurry rate
10%2 hurries20 tackles · 5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Venables
Pass share
50.4%
429 pass / 423 run
Plays / game
65.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
421 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
Former five-star. Now #247 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #36 of 60 SEC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Played for three programs.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Kirby Smart, Mike Norvell and Brent Venables.
