Austin Jones Season 2019

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