#90

Nazair Jones

Former defensive tackle at North Carolina. 2016: 2.5 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 70 tackles.

DT · North Carolina · #90

6′5″ · Roanoke Rapids, NC

Seattle — drafted 2017, Rd 3, Pick 38, #102 overall

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 421 nationally · Signed with North Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive tackle at North Carolina. 2016: 2.5 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 70 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Carolina in 2013.
Drafted round 3 by the Seattle in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at North Carolina, 70 tackles — drafted at #102 overall by Seattle.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2013

Signed with North Carolina3-star out of Roanoke Rapids

2017

Drafted by Seattleround 3, pick 102

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#421 national

CFB

College

North Carolina

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #102

Seattle · 2017

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Larry Fedora

North Carolina

Played his entire career under Larry Fedora.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

SeattleEntering 10th NFL season

#102Rd 3 · Pick 38

SeattleEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Larry Fedora — 25-15 over that span.

2014North Carolina6-7HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced, fast tempo

2015North Carolina11-3HC: Larry Fedora · Run-leaning

2016North Carolina8-5HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (93rd percentile). Strength: tackles (88th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#188 / 2668 · 93rd pct

9.5

Tackles#314 / 2668 · 88th pct

Sacks#406 / 2668 · 83rd pct

2.5

Passes defended#513 / 2668 · 76th pct

Solo tackles#625 / 2668 · 76th pct

QB hurries#640 / 2668 · 66th pct

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th 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

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	6.6	0.7	0.4	0.3
Road5g	4.8	0.9	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.1	0.9	0.4	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	5.4	0.6	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	North Carolina	70	32	9.5	2.5	3	--	--
2015	North Carolina	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
2014	North Carolina	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		70	32	9.5	2.5	3	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2016

W 37–35

at Florida State

2 TOT · 0 TFL · 1 PD

Edged out Florida State on the road in a shootout.

With M. Trubisky — 405 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.0 · -6 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · T. Logan — 77 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week