Senior defensive back on Charlotte's 2023 roster.
6′0″ · 205 lb · Owasso, OK
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 985 nationally · Signed with Kansas State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Charlotte's roster.
Wayne Jones
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across six seasons and two programs, four head coaches: Bill Snyder, Chris Klieman, Peter Rossomando and Biff Poggi. The receipt on tape: 10 tackles against South Carolina State, Week 1, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Charlotte, 187 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Brad Lambert, Will Healy, Peter Rossomando, and Biff Poggi. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #379 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Charlotte | 36 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Charlotte | 58 | 31 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | Kansas State | 11 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Kansas State | 24 | 18 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Kansas State | 57 | 38 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 187 | 108 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023
W 24–3
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-3vs South Carolina State | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 20-38@ Maryland | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 25-41vs Georgia State | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-22@ Florida | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-34@ SMU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-14vs Navy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 33-26@ Tulsa | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 38-44vs Memphis | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Houston Griffith’s 2022 season.
Matches Houston on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Player DNA