Elijah Jones

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Week 0: DNP

HISTORY — from college profile

2021 (Redshirt Junior): Started 11 of 12 games played … totaled 30 tackles, including 27 solos, with five pass break-ups and two forced fumbles … two solo tackles at Temple (9/18) ... broke up a pass and made two stops at Clemson (10/2) ... three tackles in back-to-back games vs. NC State (10/16) and at Louisville (10/23) ... broke up two passes and made a tackle against Virginia Tech (11/5) ... season-high six tackles with a PBU and forced fumble vs. Wake Forest (11/27).

2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Appeared in all 11 games for the Eagles … totaled 36 tackles including 29 solos, and five pass breakups … five solo tackles against North Carolina (10/3) ... posted two solo tackles and two pass break ups against Georgia Tech (10/24) ... recorded five tackles including four solos against Notre Dame (11/14). 

2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Started three games and played all 13 ... recorded 27 tackles, including 23 solo, with one pass break-up ... made two tackles at Syracuse (11/2) ... nine tackles, including seven solos, in first career start at Notre Dame (11/23) ... posted five tackles, including a TFL, at Pittsburgh (11/30) ... started and made six solo tackles against Cincinnati (1/2) in the Birmingham Bowl.
 
2018 (Freshman): Played in four games before redshirting the rest of the season … totaled six tackles and four pass breakups.
 
High School: Top-rated cornerback in New York and the state’s No. 8 overall prospect according to Rivals.com … No. 12 player in the state of New York and the No. 83 athlete nationally according to 247Sports … ranked No. 9 in New York and the nation’s 62nd-best athlete by ESPN Recruiting … played for head coach C.J. O’Neill at Cardinal Hayes … averaged 26.1 yards per reception and finished the season with 1,017 receiving yards as a senior … 14 touchdown receptions, including a 99-yard touchdown catch … three interceptions, two forced fumbles and 22 tackles in 10 games … scored a career high five touchdowns in Cardinal Hayes’ 50-14 quarterfinal win to earn Catholic League Player of the Week honors … also a standout in track … team captain.
 
PERSONAL

Son of Keith Jones and Janine Green … pursuing a master’s degree in the Woods College of Advancing Studies ... recipient of The John J. Connor '44 Continuing Education Fund.