Senior defensive tackle on SMU's 2021 roster.
6′1″ · 300 lb · Plano, TX
The story
4 defensive tackle on SMU's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearWill Jones
Wins his gap play after play. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 3 tackles against South Florida — Week 5, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at SMU, 24 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Chad Morris, Sonny Dykes, and Jim Leavitt. 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: tackles (4th 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
2021 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 39-37@ Louisiana Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-34@ TCU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-17vs South Florida | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 31-24@ Navy | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 25-28@ Memphis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-48@ Cincinnati | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Cade Haberman’s 2021 season.
Matches Cade on
Differs from Cade on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Zy Brockington's junior season at Memphis (2022).
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Player DNA