TJ Jones

#3 · WR · Sr. · UAB6′1″ · 200 lb · Lake City, FL

TJ Jones: WR · UAB · #3.

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TJ Jones

WR · UAB · Sr · #3

Moves the chains on third down. The three seasons at UAB span three head coaches: Bill Clark, Bryant Vincent and Trent Dilfer. One game to point at: 93 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Florida Atlantic — Week 10, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	UAB	15	222	14.8	2	72
2022	UAB	29	231	8.0	1	64
2021	UAB	8	50	6.2	0	20
Career		52	503	9.7	3	72

Season	Team
2023	UAB	4	39
2022	UAB	2	31
2021	UAB	3	13
Career		9	83

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-6vs North Carolina A&T	2	41	20.5	1	34
Wk 2	L 35-49@ Georgia Southern	2	18	9.0	0	23
Wk 3	L 21-41vs Louisiana	2	34	17.0	0	29
Wk 4	L 21-49@ No. 1 Georgia	2	3	1.5	0	2
Wk 6	W 56-35vs South Florida	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 8	L 21-45vs Memphis	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 10	W 45-42vs Florida Atlantic	2	93	46.5	1	72	Season-high 93 yds
Wk 11	L 6-31@ Navy	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 12	W 34-24vs Temple	2	1	0.5	0	2
Wk 13	L 42-45@ North Texas	—	—	—	—	—
Total		15	222	14.8	2	72

Signature game

Week 10 · 2023

W 45-42

vs Florida Atlantic

2 rec · 93 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Florida Atlantic at home in a shootout.

With J. Zeno — 484 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.9 · 10 rush yds (11 car) · J. Brown Jr. — 4 rec · 72 yds · 1 TD · 69 rush yds (22 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Florida Atlantic · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +6.37Jacob Zeno pass complete to T.J. Jones for 72 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 1 · North Carolina A&T · 2nd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +3.05Jacob Zeno pass complete to T.J. Jones for 34 yds for a TD (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 8 · Memphis · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +1.99T.J. Jones run for 15 yds to the MEM 33 for a
Week 3 · Louisiana · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.84Jacob Zeno pass complete to T.J. Jones for 29 yds to the UL 30 for a
Week 10 · Florida Atlantic · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +1.74Jacob Zeno pass complete to T.J. Jones for 21 yds to the UAB 35 for a
Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −1.70Jacob Zeno pass complete to T.J. Jones for a loss of 5 yards to the UAB 31

4 more plays

Week 12 · Temple · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −1.63Jacob Zeno pass complete to T.J. Jones for 2 yds to the TEM 23 UAB Penalty, Offensive Holding (Terrell McDonald) to the TEM 33
Week 6 · South Florida · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.32Jacob Zeno pass complete to T.J. Jones for 14 yds to the UAB 49 for a
Week 11 · Navy · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.24Jacob Zeno pass complete to T.J. Jones for 13 yds to the UAB 47 for a
Week 13 · North Texas · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.12T.J. Jones run for 13 yds to the UAB 38 for a

Teams and coaches

2021UAB9-4HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2022UAB7-6HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-heavy

2023UAB4-8HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 31 (#443 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

31Below cohort / limited sample #443 of 497 · 2023?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (90th percentile). Strength: td rate (80th percentile). Concern: epa / target (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#57 / 639 · 90th pct

25.0%

TD rate#121 / 639 · 80th pct

10.0%

Yards / catch#140 / 639 · 78th pct

14.9

Catch rate#453 / 639 · 28th pct

75.0%

EPA / target#538 / 639 · 16th pct

0.41

Box-score rates (7)

Long catch#80 / 566 · 85th pct

Rush yards#50 / 294 · 83rd pct

Yards / catch#173 / 566 · 69th pct

14.8

Rec TDs#267 / 566 · 43rd pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Rec yards#462 / 566 · 18th pct

222

Receptions#498 / 566 · 11th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

19th → 16th percentile

Explosive rate

16th → 90th percentile

Catch rate

99th → 28th percentile

TD rate

7th → 80th percentile

Yards / catch

11th → 78th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2023. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	1.7	31.3	17.2	0.3
Road4g	1.2	8.5	7.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.8	22.0	12.4	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	1.2	22.4	16.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2023 season

Head Coach

Trent Dilfer

Pass share

50.3%

427 pass / 422 run

Plays / game

70.8

12 games

Team sack rate

6.6%

453 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

15 catches and 4 carries in 10 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

31 · #443 of 497 WRs · 2023

Two-star recruit. Now #443 at the position.

TJ Jones

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Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

15 catches and 4 carries in 10 games

Five seasons, two schools

Moves

2020