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Career Accolades

  • All-Pac-12 third team - Phil Steele (2020)
  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention - Coaches (2020)
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District (2021)
  • Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
  • Deswarte-Eller Award for Most Outstanding Sophomore (2020)
  • Frank Rehm Award (2020)

As a Junior (2021)

  • CoSIDA Academic All-District
  • Maxwell Award watch list
  • Doak Walker Award watch list
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Preseason All-Pac-12 second team (Athlon, Phil Steele)
  • Preseason All-Pac-12 honorable mention running back  - Media 
  • Stanford Offensive Player of the Game (Week 3, Vanderbilt)
  • Appeared in 11 games with seven starts at running back
  • Ended the season with 645 total yards, 378 rushing, and three touchdowns
  • Broke off a career long 61-yard run at Vanderbilt, ending with 80 yards on seven carries (Sept. 18)
  • Posted career bests in all three receiving categories - nine receptions for 75 yards and a touchdown - at Washington State (Oct. 16)
  • Had 82 all-purpose yards against Washington - gaining 62 on the ground (Oct. 30)
  • Scored a touchdown against California (Nov. 20)
  • Added a touchdown against Notre Dame (Nov. 27)

As a Sophomore (2020)

  • All-Pac-12 third team (Phil Steele)
  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention (Coaches)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll
  • Deswarte-Eller Award for Most Outstanding Sophomore
  • Frank Rehm Award, given to the Most Outstanding Players in the Big Game
  • Started all six games
  • Rushed for 550 yards and nine touchdowns on 126 attempts
  • Nine rushing touchdowns was second most nationally for teams who played six games or fewer
  • Added 21 receptions for 156 yards, the second most receptions on the team
  • Finished the season with nine rushing touchdowns - tied for second-most through the first six games of a season for the Cardinal since 2000
  • Made first career start and rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries to tally his first 100-yard rushing game and first multi-touchdown game at No. 12 Oregon (Nov. 7)
  • Caught a career-high seven passes for 48 yards while rushing nine times for nine yards and his third rushing touchdown of season against Colorado (Nov. 14)
  • Rushed 21 times for 85 yards and two rushing touchdowns at California in the 123rd Big Game to collect his second career multi-touchdown game (Nov. 27)
  • Carried a career-high 31 times for a career-best 138 yards and two rushing touchdowns at No. 23 Washington (Dec. 5) ... second career 100+ yard rushing game and third multi-touchdown game of the season ... added three catches for 28 yards to finish with a career-best 166 all-purpose yards
  • Rushed 22 times for 126 yards to post his third career 100+ yard rushing game at Oregon State (Dec. 12) ... added four catches for 32 yards to finish with 158 all-purpose yards
  • Rushed 23 times for 92 yards and two touchdowns in a double-overtime win at UCLA (Dec. 19) to register his fourth career multi-rushing touchdown game - all coming in 2020 ... added three catches for 23 yards to finish with 115 all-purpose yards

As a Freshman (2019)

  • Played in all 12 games
  • Finished second on the team with 227 rushing yards and one touchdown on 45 carries
  • Caught 14 passes for 108 yards
  • Recorded first career touchdown (35-yard rush) at UCF to finish the game with 65 yards on seven carries, including 55 yards rushing on Stanford’s first scoring drive
  • Career-best five receptions for 29 yards at Washington State
  • Career-high 117 all-purpose yards vs. Notre Dame (33 rushing, 24 receiving, 60 kick return)

Prior to Stanford

  • Prepped at Bishop O’Dowd (Calif.) under head coach Napoleon Kaufman
  • Four-star recruit by Rivals, 247Sports, ESPN and PrepStar
  • Nation's 64th-best recruit by PrepStar, 107th by Rivals, 150th by 247Sports and 169th by ESPN
  • Nation’s third-best running back by PrepStar, fifth by Rivals, ninth by 247Sports and 10th by ESPN
  • California’s 11th-best recruit by PrepStar, 16th by Rivals, 21st by 247Sports and 22nd by ESPN
  • Three-time All-American
  • PrepStar Dream Team
  • Four-time All-Metro
  • Two-time Prep2Prep.com Player of the Year
  • East Bay Regional Player of the Year
  • NCS Freshman of the Year
  • NCS Sophomore of the Year
  • State champion (2016)
  • 2019 All-American Bowl
  • 2019 Polynesian Bowl
  • 2019 All-American Bowl Man of the Year Award finalist
  • 2018 The Opening Finals
  • 2018 all-USA California first team
  • Four-time All-NCS Academic
  • All-NCS Scholar Athlete
  • Finished prep career as No. 2 all-time career rusher in Bay Area history
  • 6,905 yards and 92 touchdowns on 940 rushes (7.34 yards per carry) as a prep
  • 1,048 yards and one touchdown on 77 receptions (13.61 yards per catch) as a prep
  • Also competed in track

Personal

  • Son of Minerva and Karl Jones
  • Has two older siblings, Anthony and Alexis
  • Brother, Anthony played football at Troy University and Jacksonville State
  • Has lived in five different states
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2020
Running Back
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2021
Running Back
5-10 / 190 lbs