2021 Football Roster
Roster
Nick Jones
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 300
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Byhalia, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Byhalia HS (East Mississippi CC)
Career Honors
SEC Graduate
Career Notes & Records
Appeared in 32 career games while making 25 starts … Closed out his collegiate career having started each of the final 12 games … Played 1,695 career games … Allowed just eight total sacks in his career … Played both left tackle and left guard.
2023 (Senior Season)
Started all 12 games for the Bulldogs … Played entirely at left guard … Allowed just three sacks in 657 snaps in 2023 … Only committed five penalties … Helped the offense rush for 1,761 yards and pass for 2,182 yards … According to PFF, earned an offensive blocking grade of 64.3, a run blocking grade of 64.6 and a pass blocking grade of 69.9 … SE Louisiana (9/2): Made his Mississippi State debut … Helped MSU run for 298 yards, the most rushing yards for State in a single game since Nov. 23, 2019 … Helped MSU earn a total of 525 yards of total offense, the most by a Bulldog squad since Oct. 8, 2022 … Help Woody Marks rush for 100 yards, the first 100-yard rusher since Nov. 28, 2019 ... Arizona (9/9): Made his 2nd consecutive start … Helped the running game pick up 145 yards on the ground and propelled Woody Marks to his second consecutive 100-yard game … LSU (9/16): Made his 3rd consecutive start … at South Carolina (9/23): Made his fourth consecutive start … Alabama (9/30): Made his fifth consecutive start … Western Michigan (10/7): Made his sixth consecutive start … at Arkansas (10/21): Made his seventh consecutive start … Second straight game with a pass blocking grade over 80.0 (82.3) … at Auburn (10/28): Made his eighth consecutive start … Kentucky (11/4): Made his ninth consecutive start … Season-high pass block grade of 84.9 according to PFF … Did not allow a sack or a penalty … at Texas A&M (11/11): Made his tenth consecutive start … Southern Miss (11/18): Made his 11th consecutive start … Earned a pass blocking grade of 84.3 which is his third game this season with a pass block grade above 84.0 … Did not allow a sack … Ole Miss (11/23): Made his 12th consecutive start … Earned a season-high pass blocking grade of 87.6 … Did not allow a sack … Did not commit a penalty.
2022 (Junior Season)
Has appeared in 13 games with 12 starts … He helped the Bulldogs average 311 yards per game through the air which was good for the 10th best passing attack in America last season ... Memphis (9/3): Paved the way for State to rack up 547 yards of total offense.
2021 (Redshirt Sophomore Season)
Appeared in seven games and made one start his initial season with the Bulldogs … NC State (9/11): Made MSU debut in a reserve role … vs. Texas Tech (12/28): Started first game for MSU at left tackle … Also saw action against LSU, at Vanderbilt, No. 12 Kentucky, at Arkansas and Tennessee State.
2020 (Sophomore Season – East Mississippi CC)
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 (Freshman Season – East Mississippi CC)
Three-star junior college prospect ... Top 10 junior college offensive tackle nationally per 247Sports (No. 9) ... Rated as the No. 85 overall junior college prospect nationally ... Earned Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges All-North second team accolades ... Appeared in all 10 games ... Part of an offensive unit that averaged 457.4 yards of total offense per game and 34.8 points per game ... Lions ranked No. 7 nationally in total offense and No. 12 in scoring offense ... EMCC rushed for 100 yards in seven of 10 games, including a 103-yard effort from Keon Moore against Northeast Mississippi C.C. (10/26) ... Protected for six 300-yard passing games for EMCC, including a 429-yard passing game from Connor Neville against Holmes C.C. (10/10) ... Committed to MSU on September 5, 2020.
High School
Prepped at Byhalia High School under head coach John Danley ... As a senior, helped lead a ground attack that averaged 227.8 yards per game ... Blocked for 10 100-yard rushers in 12 games and cleared the way for 32 rushing scores ... Also logged 24 stops on defense with 2.0 tackles for loss and one sack.
Personal
Born Nicholas Oshawn Jones on Sept. 14, 2000 ... Son of Shirley Milam and Early Jones ... Has two brothers: Demetrius and Tevin ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
Social Media
Twitter – @ThaGoat77
Instagram – therealnickjones66
