Career Statistics
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Year |
G-GS
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UT
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AT
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Total
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TFL
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Sacks
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INT
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FF
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FR
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PD
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2008 |
10-0
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9
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9
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18
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0-0
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0-0
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0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
2009 |
10-7
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26
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10
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36
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3.5-13
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0-0
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6
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0
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0
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9
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2010 |
11-10
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23
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11
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34
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0.0-0
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0-0
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7
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1
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0
|
9
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Total |
31-17
|
58
|
30
|
88
|
3.5-13
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0-0
|
13
|
2
|
0
|
21
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Career Single Game Highs
Tackles: 9 vs. Central Missouri, 9-2-10
Solo Tackles: 7, twice
Tackles-for-Loss: 2.0 at Southern Illinois, 10-10-09
Interceptions: 2, three times
Biography and Career Highlights
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Notable: Finished career with 13 interceptions, which is
tied for third on the ISU all-time list with Doug Simper.
2010: All-Missouri Valley Football Conference First Team
selection ... played in all 11 games, with 10 starts at cornerback ... led the
team and the MVFC with seven interceptions, which tied for fourth in the
country ... those 7 INTs tie for fourth in the ISU single-season record book
... recorded 34 tackles, including 23 solo stops, and was credited with two
pass breakups ... also forced a fumble ... recorded a season-high nine tackles
against Central Missouri ... recorded an interception in three-straight games
against South Dakota State, Missouri State and Southern Illinois ... picked off
a pair of passes in a victory over No. 14 North Dakota State.
2009: Played in 10 games, with seven starting assignments ...
tied for the Missouri Valley Football Conference lead with six interceptions
during the regular season ... ranked sixth on the team with 36 tackles on the
season, including 26 solo stops ... also added 3.5 tackles-for-loss and three
pass breakups ... recorded seven tackles (six solo) at Illinois ... picked off
two passes against Austin Peay ... recorded a career-high two TFLs at Southern
Illinois ... tallied a career-high eight tackles and two interceptions in an
upset win over No. 9 Northern Iowa ... earned MVFC Defensive Player of the Week
honors for that performance against the Panthers ... also served as the team's
primary punt returner and returned 12 punts for 107 yards ... was second on the
team in kick return average at 24.6 yards per return in five tries.
2008: Played in 10 games as a reserve ... recorded a
career-high three tackles in four games ... forced a fumble against Eastern
Illinois.
At Minnesota: Redshirted in 2007... coached by Tim Brewster
... was only player for Minnesota to start a game as a true freshman in 2006
... played in five games with 14 carries for 30 yards ... coached by Glenn
Mason.
Grandview Heights HS: Selected as the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch 2005 Greater Metro Player of the Year ... named the
Belleville News-Democrat 2005 Player of the Year and the Alton
Telegraph 2005 Player of the Year ... also an all-state selection by the
Champaign News-Gazette, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago
Tribune and Illinois High School Football Coaches Association ...
first-team all-metro selection and first-team All-Southwestern Conference
choice his senior season ... his 249 rushing attempts for 2,066 yards his
senior season were both school records ... also scored 23 rushing touchdowns
and had 31 receptions for 477 yards ... selected to the 2005 Illinois All-Star
Game ... coached by Tim Dougherty ... also a four-year letterwinner and
all-conference selection in baseball and a three-year letterwinner in
basketball ... named to "Who's Who Among America's Top High School Students"
... also selected to his school's Leadership Council ... named the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch Spotlight Student of the Month.
Personal: Born November 13, 1987, in Springfield, Ohio ...
son of Edmund Jones and Joy Harris ... his father, Edmund, was an assistant
football coach at Indiana State ... youngest of four children ... major:
kinesiology.
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All-Missouri
Valley Football Conference First Team selection (2010) |
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2 | E.J. Jones
13
Career Interceptions
(Tied for 3rd in ISU History)
3
Multiple Interception Games
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