Tariq Jones is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Hawai'i.
Jones disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fourth year in the Hawai'i defensive front. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 2 sacks against Colorado State — Week 8, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-20vs Stanford | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 6-40@ Arizona | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-23vs Fresno State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 44-35@ Air Force | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 44-26vs Utah State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-19@ Colorado State | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 38-45@ San José State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-38@ UNLV | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-7vs Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 35-31vs California | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 11 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%3 TFLSack rate
8%2 sacksHurry rate
16%4 hurries25 tackles · 3 for loss · 2 sacks.
4 seasons under Timmy Chang — 22-29 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Timmy Chang
Pass share
60.2%
540 pass / 357 run
Plays / game
69.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
518 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #311 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #23 of 35 Mountain West 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%).
The No. 2,062 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Mountain West as a senior.
A stat line in 32 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Todd Graham → Timmy Chang. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
