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Jersey Number 0
Taurus Jones
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 224
- Hometown:
- Portsmouth, Va.
- High School:
- I.C. Norcom
- Major:
- Professional and Continuing Education
2024:
- JMU's Hess-Green Award recipient
- Played in 11 games, making four starts at linebacker
- Had 32 tackles (10 solo) to go with 3.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks
- Season-high eight tackles and a TFL vs. Marshall (Nov. 30)
- Had six tackles and a half sack at App State (Nov. 23)
- Also made six stops at Old Dominion (Nov. 16)
- Accrued five tackles and a sack vs. Georgia State (Nov. 9)
- Had a full TFL in three games
- Made three or more tackles in five outings
2023:
- Played in 10 games, making three starts at linebacker
- Had 38 tackles (15 solo) to go with 4.0 tackles for a loss, 1.0 sack and one pass breakup
- Season-high nine tackles with 2.0 TFL and a sack vs. Bucknell (Sept. 2)
- Made eight total stops with a TFL at Virginia (Sept. 9)
- Tallied seven tackles and a tackle for loss vs. Old Dominion (Oct. 28)
- Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team
- College Football Network Preseason Sun Belt Linebacker of the Year
2022:
- Started all 11 games at linebacker
- Third Team All-Sun Belt Conference linebacker
- VaSID Second Team All-State
- Had a team-high 82 tackles (35 solo) to go with 10.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, one interception and four pass breakups
- Career-high 13 tackles at Arkansas State (Oct. 8) and vs. Marshall (Oct. 22)
- Career-high 2.5 tackles for loss vs. Middle Tennessee (Sept. 3) and at Arkansas State
- Had eight tackles and 2.0 TFL with first career interception and a forced fumble vs. Texas State (Oct. 1)
- Also had eight tackles vs. #23 Coastal Carolina (Nov. 26)
- Had a forced fumble and recovery vs. Middle Tennessee
- Career-high two pass breakups at Georgia Southern (Oct. 15)
- Had seven or more tackles in eight games and at least four stops in every game
- Tallied 1.0 TFL or more in six games
2021:
- Played in four games
- Had four tackles (three solo) to go with one fumble recovery
- Registered two solo tackles with a fumble recovery vs. Southeastern Louisiana in FCS second round (Dec. 4)
- Made a pair of stops vs. Montana in FCS quarterfinals (Dec. 10)
2020-21:
- Missed entire season due to injury in the fall
2019:
- Redshirted to retain a year of eligibility
High School:
- VHSL 3A First Team All-State as a senior
- 3A Region Player of the Year as a senior
- First Team All-Region as a senior and honorable mention as a sophomore
- First Team All-Tidewater as a senior
- 2018 Eastern District Defensive Player of the Year
- First Team All-District as a senior and Honorable Mention as a sophomore
- Helped I.C. Norcom to 9-5 record and berth in regional title game his senior season
- Dual-sport athlete who was a two-time state champion with the basketball team
- Honor roll student every semester of high school
- National Honor Society member
Personal:
- Son of Taurus and Adrienne Jones
- Has one brother and three sisters
- His sister, Taura, played basketball at Barton College
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