Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 17 | — |
| Target share | 8.1% | — |
| Catch rate | 47.1% | — |
| Success rate per target | 47.1% | — |
| Yards per target | 5.2 | — |
| Explosive catches | 0.0% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 11.8% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 3 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Charting
Where Jones's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted17 targets charted
2025 charting · Middle Tennessee
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (6 of Jones’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted28 targets charted
Career
4 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Middle Tennessee#130 · 4-3 | 7 | 33% | 8 | 88 | 1 | 8.1% |
| 2025 | Middle Tennessee#133 · 3-9 | 11 | 41% | 28 | 216 | 5 | 10.5% |
| 2023 |  Arizona#17 · 10-3 | 3 | 6% | 5 | 27 | 0 | 4.5% |
| 2022 * | Arizona#94 · 5-7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. AJ Jones's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded. * Defense rebuilt from the play-by-play (ESPN's box scores that season are missing it); about 10% below official totals.
Game Log
AJ Jones's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Receiving | Defense | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 |  Murray State | W 38–14 | — | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 2 | @ Marshall | L 26–28 | 7.6 | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 3 |  Nevada | W 27–20 | 4.6 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 | @ Jacksonville State | L 13–23 | 5.1 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 5 | @ Kansas | L 0–55 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 7 |  Delaware | W 33–30 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 8 | @ Florida International | W 26–23 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 2026 · 4 games | 5.8 | 8 | 88 | 11.0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 8 | 697th / 1995 |
| Yards | 88 | 731st / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 11 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 346th / 825 |
| Long | 16 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 2 | 3763rd / 5408 |
| Solo | 2 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Plays made | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Murray State | ✓ WR | 48 | ~8 (2–13) | 1 | 1 | 17% |
| Wk 2 · Marshall | — | 69 | ~52 (34–63) | 8 | 1 | 75% |
| Wk 3 · Nevada | ✓ WR | 67 | ~7 (2–11) | 1 | · | 10% |
| Wk 4 · Jacksonville State | ✓ WR | 57 | ~16 (5–22) | 2 | · | 28% |
| Wk 5 · Kansas | — | 42 | ~28 (9–38) | 4 | · | 67% |
| Wk 7 · Delaware | — | 60 | ~11 (3–18) | 1 | · | 18% |
| Wk 8 · Florida International | ✓ WR | 66 | ~11 (3–18) | 1 | · | 17% |
| Season | 4 GS | 409 | 133 (83–161) | 18 | 2 | 33% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the Middle Tennessee roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Cam'ron Lacy | WR | JR | 41 | 437 | 4 | 27% | +0.46 |
| 85 | Neo Clifton | WR | FR | 16 | 228 | 3 | 12% | +0.58 |
| 1 | Markus Allen | WR | SR | 9 | 176 | 1 | 8% | +0.66 |
| 6 | AJ Jones | WR | SR | 8 | 88 | 1 | 8% | +0.23 |
| 13 | Ziyon Butler | WR | FR | 8 | 100 | 0 | 10% | +0.15 |
| Hogan Wasson | WR | 5 | 43 | 0 | 7% | -0.15 | ||
| 0 | Santana Fleming | WR | JR | — | — | — | 2% | -0.29 |
| 4 | Tyree Patterson | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Bryson Maddox | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Kason Stokes | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Malachi Steele | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 43 | Christopher Kaup | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Zaidyn Moore | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Landon Collins | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Middle Tennessee depth chart →