2020 Football Roster
Roster
Kobe Jones
- Position:
- DE
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 260
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Starkville, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Starkville
SEC Graduate
2019 & 2020Â Wuerffel Trophy Candidate
2019 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Candidate
2019 SEC Football Leadership Council
2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2019 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2017 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2016-17 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
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Career Notes And Records
Career: Owns his undergraduate degree in business administration … Appeared in 50 career games with 13 starts … Three-time member of the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2017, 19-20) ... Owns 22.0 career tackles for loss.
2020 (Senior Season)
Awards: Named to the SEC Community Service Team ... Preseason candidate for the Wuerffel Trophy, known as college football's premier award for community service ... Tabbed preseason third-team All-SEC by the coaches.
Season: Started 11 games.
at LSU (9/26): Recorded three tackles and half a sack ... Logged four quarterback hurries, according to PFF ... Part of a defense that recorded 7.0 sacks, its most since 2015 (7.0; Ole Miss). Arkansas (10/3): Totaled three tackles and 0.5 sack ... Marked his fifth straight game with at least 0.5 sacks. at Kentucky (10/10): Posted two tackles ... Part of a defense that allowed only 157 yards of total offense, the fewest yielded by the Bulldogs in an SEC contest since 2008 against Vanderbilt (107 yards) ... Graded as the team's top pass rusher (66.8), according to PFF. Texas A&M (10/17): Recorded one tackle. at Alabama (10/31): Totaled four tackles ... Posted a solo takedown of Mac Jones in the third quarter for his sack. Vanderbilt (11/7): Finished with four tackles. at Georgia (11/21): Recorded one tackle ... Combined with Cameron Young on a third-quarter tackle for loss ... Part of a defense that tallied 11 tackles for loss ... Helped hold Georgia to eight yards rushing, the fewest yards allowed by State in an SEC game since at least 2006. at Ole Miss (11/28): Totaled five stops ... Combined with Jaden Crumedy on a fourth-quarter tackle for loss. Auburn (12/12): Posted three tackles. Missouri (12/19): Logged three tackles ... Made a solo tackle for loss on the first play of the game. vs. Tulsa (12/31): Had three tackles.
2019 (Junior Season)
Season: Appeared in 13 games with one start … Finished No. 2 on the team with 4.0 sacks … Posted 7.0 tackles for loss to sit No. 3 on the team … Ranked No. 3 among defensive linemen with 30 tackles … Owned multiple tackles in nine games … Made at least one stop in all 13 games.
vs. Louisiana (8/31): Logged two tackles. Southern Miss (9/7): Chipped in two stops. Kansas State (9/14): Had one tackle. Kentucky (9/21): Totaled three tackles. at No. 7 Auburn (9/28): Had three tackles, with 1.0 sack … Sacked Bo Nix in the second quarter.  at Tennessee (10/12): Made three stops, which included 1.0 tackle for loss … Had a solo stop behind the line of scrimmage in the fourth quarter. No. 2 LSU (10/19): Had two tackles, including a combined tackle for loss with Leo Lewis. at Texas A&M (10/26): Made one stop. at Arkansas (11/2): Had one tackle. No. 5 Alabama (11/16): Logged one stop. Abilene Christian (11/23): Made three stops, including a combined sack with Aaron Odom. Ole Miss (11/28): Totaled four tackles, including 0.5 sack … Finished No. 5-rated defender SEC defender per Pro Football Focus (82.2) in week 14 … Combined with Chauncey Rivers on a fourth-quarter sack. vs. Louisville (12/30): Started at right defensive end … Totaled four stops, which all went for a loss … Owned 3.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks … Logged a pair of solo sacks on the final drive of the first half to limit Louisville to a field goal inside the MSU 20 … Opened the third quarter with a tackle for loss on the first play from scrimmage … Teamed with Chauncey Rivers on a tackle for loss on the final play of the third quarter.
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2018 (Sophomore Season)
Season: Appeared in all 13 games with one start … First career start came at No. 5 LSU (10/20) … Totaled 22 tackles, including 6.5 for loss … Racked up 10 total pressures per Pro Football Focus … Had 1.0 tackle for loss in each of the first three games … Turned in at least 0.5 TFL in five of the last seven games.
Stephen F. Austin (9/1): Lone stop was a solo tackle for loss in the first quarter. at Kansas State (9/8): Totaled three tackles, with 1.0 tackle for loss … Had a solo stop behind the line of scrimmage in the fourth quarter. Louisiana (9/15): Made two tackles … Both stops were combined tackles for loss … Teamed with Jaquarius Landrews on a third quarter tackle for loss … Logged a combined tackle for loss with Tim Washington in the fourth quarter. at Kentucky (9/22): Had one stop. Florida (9/29): Logged two tackles. Auburn (10/6): Had one tackle … Recovered a third-quarter fumble in the end zone for a touchback to thwart an Auburn scoring drive. at No. 5 LSU (10/20): Owned two tackles, including 0.5 tackle for loss … Combined with Jeffery Simmons on a fourth-quarter tackle for loss. No. 16 Texas A&M (10/27): Had two tackles … Teamed with Leo Lewis on a third-quarter tackle for loss. Louisiana Tech (11/3): Had three tackles … Posted 1.0 tackle for loss … Had solo TFL in the third quarter. at No. 1 Alabama (11/10): Had one tackle. Arkansas (11/17): Totaled one tackle. at Ole Miss (11/22): Tallied two stops, including 1.0 tackle for loss … Made a solo tackle for loss in the third quarter. vs. Iowa (1/1): Tallied one tackle, which was a combined tackle for loss with Cam Dantzler.
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2017 (Redshirt Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in all 13 games … Saw times on special teams and defense.
Charleston Southern (9/2): Made collegiate debut … Tied for the team lead with six tackles … Led all SEC freshmen with 2.5 tackles for loss in week one … Forced a fumble … First career tackle was a solo tackle for loss … Picked up a tackle for loss and forced fumble in the fourth quarter … Combined with Kendell Jones for a fourth-quarter stop behind the line of scrimmage. at Louisiana Tech (9/9): Totaled two stops. at No. 11 Georgia (9/23): Tallied three tackles. at No. 13 Auburn (9/30): Made three stops. BYU (10/14): Had one tackle. Kentucky (10/21): Made one stop. vs. Louisville (12/30): Notched two tackles, including his first career sack … Sacked Lamar Jackson for a loss of nine yards on the final drive of the game to preserve the four-point win.
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2016 (True Freshman Season)
Redshirted his initial year with the program.
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High School
Prepped at Starkville High School under head coach Ricky Woods … Four-star recruit by ESPN and 247Sports.com … Three-star prospect according to Rivals … Rated the No. 178 overall prospect by ESPN … Top-10 prospect in Mississippi per ESPN (No. 7) and 247Sports (No. 9) … Selected to the Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen as a senior … Helped lead Starkville to the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 6A state championship as a senior … As a senior, recorded 33 tackles (21 solo), 9.0 tackles for loss, five pass deflections, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery … As a junior, racked up 20 total tackles and 6.0 tackles for loss … Played in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star game.
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Personal
Born Kobe Montrell Jones on May 10, 1998 … Son of Telesia and Melvin Jones … Has three sisters – Kelsey, Kierra and Monica, and two brothers – Jamal and Kule … Owns his undergraduate degree in business administration … Twitter handle is @IAmKobeJones.
