#91

Reuben Jones

Senior defensive lineman for West Virginia. 2019: 3 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

DL · West Virginia · Sr. · #91

6′4″ · 250 lb · Lakeland, FL

West Virginia 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 786 nationally · Signed with Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for West Virginia. 2019: 3 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Michigan in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at West Virginia, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2015

Signed with Michigan3-star out of Lake Gibson

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#786 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

2018

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

2019

Neal Brown

West Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dana Holgorsen → Neal Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2018Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2019West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (86th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#322 / 2688 · 86th pct

3.0

QB hurries#478 / 2688 · 77th pct

Tackles for loss#713 / 2688 · 71st pct

4.5

Solo tackles#1442 / 2688 · 45th pct

Tackles#1481 / 2688 · 44th pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th 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

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.5	0.3	0.3	0.0
Road6g	2.2	0.4	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.2	0.3	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	0.4	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	West Virginia	28	16	4.5	3.0	--	--	--
2018	Michigan	5	3	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Michigan	2	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		35	20	5.5	3.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2019

W 20–17

at TCU

4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With J. Growden — 45 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG · J. Doege — 158 yds · 2 TD · 3 INT · -7 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 20-13vs James Madison	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 2	L 7-38@ Missouri	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 44-27vs NC State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 29-24@ Kansas	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 31-42vs Texas	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 7	L 14-38vs Iowa State	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 8	L 14-52@ Oklahoma	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 14-17@ Baylor	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 17-38vs Texas Tech	4	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 24-20@ Kansas State	2	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 13-20vs Oklahoma State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 20-17@ TCU	4	2	1.5	1.0	—
Total		28	16	4.5	3.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2015

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays