2025: Played in all 17 games on the defensive line ... ended the year with 21 total tackles, with four solo stops ... also credited with 2.0 sacks and 2.0 TFLs with one pass breakup and five quarterback hurries on the season ... had three tackles and a half TFL in a win over Morehead State ... followed that up with two tackles and a sack in the Mid-America Classic victory at Eastern Illinois ... had a half TFL against North Dakota State ... tallied two tackles in the FCS National Championship game against Montana State.

2024: Saw action in 11 games on the defensive line ... finished the year with six tackles and one pass breakup ... had two tackles in a win at Murray State. 

2023: Redshirted.

Herscher HS: Four-year varsity standout for head coach Mike Mosier … saw action in only four games as a senior, recording 35 tackles, three sacks and recovered two fumbles … earned all-conference and all-area honors as a junior … played in nine games that season, tallying 47 tackles and three sacks … also earned all-conference honors as a sophomore, after amassing 27 tackles and a sack in five games played … played in seven games as a freshman, with 22 stops and two sacks … also competed in basketball, baseball and track at Herscher.

Personal: Born March 16, 2005, in Kankakee, Illinois … son of Dustin and Kristen Jones … one of four children … his older brother, Tyler, played football at Illinois Wesleyan … member of the National Honor Society.