Matt Jones: LB · Baylor · #2.
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Matt Jones
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. The six seasons at Baylor span two head coaches: Matt Rhule and Dave Aranda. The first career honor came in 2024: Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 12 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Oklahoma State — Week 9, 2024.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
101 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-3vs Tarleton State | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 12-23@ No. 11 Utah | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-3vs Air Force | 11 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-38@ Colorado | 10 | 9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-34vs No. 22 BYU | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-43@ No. 16 Iowa State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 59-35@ Texas Tech | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-28vs Oklahoma State | 12 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 37-34vs TCU | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-35@ West Virginia | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-10@ Houston | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-17vs Kansas | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 31-44vs LSU | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 101 | 67 | 9.0 | 4.0 | — | 6 |
Week 9 · 2024
W 38-28
1 sack · 3 tackles for loss · 12 tackles
Edged out Oklahoma State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
101tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%9 TFLSack rate
4%4 sacksPD rate
6%6 pass breakups101 tackles · 9 for loss · 4 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 8.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 7.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Aranda
Pass share
46.0%
413 pass / 484 run
Plays / game
69.0
13 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
440 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
101 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #30 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons at Baylor, 306 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2024
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Dana Holgorsen, Bill Snyder, Matt Rhule and Dave Aranda.
