#91

Patrick Jones II

Former defensive lineman at Pittsburgh. 2020: 8.5 sacks, 12.5 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

DL · Pittsburgh · Sr. · #91

6′5″ · 260 lb · Chesapeake, VA

Consensus AAMinnesota — drafted 2021, Rd 3, Pick 27, #90 overall

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 1173 nationally · Signed with Pittsburgh

Statement game4 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksat Boston College (FBS) · L 30-31

Top 1% sacks game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Pittsburgh. 2020: 8.5 sacks, 12.5 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2016.
Drafted round 3 by the Minnesota in 2021.
Named All-America (SN) in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Pittsburgh, 21 sacks, an All-American season (2020) — drafted at #90 overall by Minnesota.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2016

Signed with Pittsburgh3-star out of Grassfield

202011 games

All-Americafirst · 3 selectors
All-ACCfirst

2021

Drafted by Minnesotaround 3, pick 90

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1173 national

CFB

College

Pittsburgh

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #90

Minnesota · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

7 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2020)

2 first-team selectors

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ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

1 coach

2017–2020

Pat Narduzzi

Pittsburgh

Played his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MinnesotaEntering 6th NFL season

#90Rd 3 · Pick 27

MinnesotaEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 26-24 over that span.

2017Pittsburgh5-7HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-leaning

2018Pittsburgh7-7HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-heavy

2019Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2020Pittsburgh6-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (100th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#7 / 2211 · 100th pct

8.5

Tackles for loss#22 / 2211 · 99th pct

12.5

QB hurries#50 / 2211 · 97th pct

Passes defended#309 / 2211 · 82nd pct

Tackles#416 / 2211 · 81st pct

Solo tackles#470 / 2211 · 78th pct

Forced fumbles#39 / 497 · 46th 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

2020 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.0	0.8	0.6	0.2
Road5g	4.8	1.6	1.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	1.3	1.1	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	0.9	0.4	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Selector Grid · 2020

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF1st

SN1st

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Pittsburgh	42	24	12.5	8.5	3	--	--
2019	Pittsburgh	42	26	11.5	8.5	1	--	--
2018	Pittsburgh	19	14	6.0	3.5	--	--	--
2017	Pittsburgh	7	3	1.0	0.5	--	--	--
Career		110	67	31.0	21.0	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2020

W 47–14

vs Virginia Tech

1 QB HUR · 1 REC

Dominant 33-point win at home against Virginia Tech.

With K. Pickett — 404 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 15 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · D. Turner — 15 rec · 184 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week