Tony Jones: LB · Texas Tech · #9.
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Tony Jones
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Second year in the same linebacker corps at Texas Tech. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Lamar — Week 2, 2018.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
44 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Nov 3
On3 Oct 28
Heartland College Sports Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Texas Tech | 44 | 28 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Texas Tech | 32 | 21 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 76 | 49 | 13.5 | 8.0 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-47vs Ole Miss | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 77-0vs Lamar | 7 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 63-49vs Houston | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-17@ No. 15 Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 34-42vs No. 12 West Virginia | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-14@ TCU | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-40@ Iowa State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 46-51vs No. 7 Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 34-41vs No. 15 Texas | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 6-21@ Kansas State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 28 | 7.0 | 4.0 | — | 1 |
Week 2 · 2018
W 77-0
vs Lamar
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
Dominant 77-point win at home against Lamar.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
44tackles this seasonTFL rate
16%7 TFLSack rate
9%4 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups44 tackles · 7 for loss · 4 sacks.
2 seasons under Kliff Kingsbury — 11-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kliff Kingsbury
Pass share
55.8%
536 pass / 424 run
Plays / game
80.0
12 games
Team sack rate
4.2%
574 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Texas Tech, 76 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kliff Kingsbury.
