Tony Jones Jr.

Junior running back for Notre Dame. 2019: 857 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 15 catches.

RB · Notre Dame · Jr. · #6

5′11″ · 224 lb · Saint Petersburg, FL

Notre Dame 2019 alumnus

The story

3 running back for Notre Dame. 2019: 857 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 15 catches.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Notre Dame, 1,481 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Notre Dame

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

1 coach

2017–2019

Brian Kelly

Notre Dame

Played his entire career under Brian Kelly.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Brian Kelly — 33-6 over that span.

2017Notre Dame10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Run-heavy

2018Notre Dame12-1HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning

2019Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long run (95th percentile). Strength: yards / carry (83rd percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Long run#17 / 326 · 95th pct

Yards / carry#55 / 326 · 83rd pct

6.0

Rush yards#70 / 326 · 79th pct

857

Carries#97 / 326 · 70th pct

144

Receptions#93 / 314 · 68th pct

Rush TDs#111 / 326 · 61st pct

Rec yards#125 / 314 · 60th pct

104

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	85.5	6.4	0.7
Road6g	57.3	4.9	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	98.9	7.7	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	33.0	2.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Notre Dame	144	857	6.0	6	--
2018	Notre Dame	83	392	4.7	3	--
2017	Notre Dame	44	232	5.3	3	--
Career		271	1,481	5.5	12	--

Season	Team
2019	Notre Dame	15	104	6.9	1	--
2018	Notre Dame	6	157	26.2	1	--
2017	Notre Dame	6	12	2.0	0	--
Career		27	273	10.1	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2019

W 30–27

vs USC

176 rush yds (25 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With I. Book — 165 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 57.1 · 49 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · J. Bramblett — 40 AVG · 46 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week