Will Jones II

Senior safety for North Texas. 2025: 3 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 82 tackles.

S · North Texas · Sr.

5′10″ · 186 lb · Mansfield, TX

CFB Index 75 · #70 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to North Texas for 2026

How he plays

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

Solo tackles: 96th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

2 PBU · 82 tackles · 3.5 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 14 tackles, vs San Diego State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for North Texas. 2025: 3 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 82 tackles.

Transferred from Old Dominion to North Texas in 2025.

His career, year by year

Will Jones II

S · North Texas · Sr

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Will Jones II has played for five head coaches across six seasons and four programs. The receipt: 10 tackles against South Florida — Week 7, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Kansas State8-5HC: Chris Klieman · Run-heavy

2020Kansas State4-6HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2022South Florida1-11HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning

2023South Florida7-6HC: Alex Golesh · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2024Old Dominion5-7HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-leaning

2025North Texas12-2HC: Drew Svoboda · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

75Quality starter #70 of 544?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (96th percentile). Strength: tackles (96th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#113 / 2975 · 96th pct

Tackles#131 / 2975 · 96th pct

Interceptions#56 / 817 · 90th pct

Tackles for loss#866 / 2975 · 69th pct

3.5

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.7	0.1	0.0	0.1
Road7g	7.0	0.4	0.0	0.1

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.4	0.3	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+7g	5.3	0.2	0.0	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

75 · #70 of 544 safeties

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #2 of 38 American Athletic Ss

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	North Texas	82	46	3.5	0.0	2	3	--
2024	Old Dominion	44	21	3.5	1.0	3	3	--
2023	South Florida	15	10	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2022	South Florida	32	21	1.0	0.0	2	--	--
2020	Kansas State	15	12	2.0	0.0	--	1	--
2019	Kansas State	1	1	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		189	111	11.0	1.0	8	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 49–47

at San Diego State

14 TOT · 7 SOLO · 1 TFL

Edged out San Diego State on the road in a shootout.

With D. Mestemaker — 250 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 70.3 · 18 rush yds (2 car) · C. Hawkins — 198 rush yds (31 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 51-0vs Lamar	1	1	0.0	—	0	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 2	W 33-30@ Western Michigan	6	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 59-10vs Washington State	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 45-38@ Army	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 36-22vs South Alabama	6	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 36-63vs South Florida	10	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 55-17vs UTSA	6	4	0.5	—	0
Wk 9	W 54-20@ Charlotte	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 31-17vs Navy	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 53-24@ UAB	6	3	0.0	2	1
Wk 13	W 56-24@ Rice	8	5	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 52-25vs Temple	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	L 21-34@ Tulane	8	6	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 49-47@ San Diego State	14	7	1.0	1	0
Total		82	46	3.5	3	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Will Jones II

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