Deion Jones with the Atlanta Falcons, 2021
With the Atlanta Falcons, 2021. Photo: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, LSU, 2012–⁠15

Deion Jones

Number
No. 45
Height
6′1″
Hometown
New Orleans, LA
Born
Nov 4, 1994, in New Orleans, Louisiana

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Deion Jones played linebacker at LSU (2012–⁠15). The Atlanta Falcons took Jones in round 2, No. 52 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2015LSU2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLHur
2012118152333
2013N1369151–
On file1424384–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012LSU45LB
2013LSU45LB
2014LSU45LB
2015LSU45LB6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2015 LSU 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 26atSyracuseW 34–⁠241
Oct 3vs.Eastern MichiganW 44–⁠221

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2016 Senior Bowl (South team, won 27–⁠16).

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height6′0⅞″
Weight222 lb
Arm length32⅜″
Hand size9¼″
Wingspan77¼″W
40-yard dash4.59 s
10-yard split1.60 s
Vertical jump33″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press16 reps
3-cone drill7.13 s
20-yard shuttle4.26 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

10 seasons, 121 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Pro Bowl: 2017

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2016Atlanta Falcons1510303
2017Atlanta Falcons1613213
2018Atlanta Falcons65112
2019Atlanta Falcons1610101
2020Atlanta Falcons161004.52
2021Atlanta Falcons1612320
2022Cleveland Browns10392.51
2023Carolina Panthers123011
2024Tampa Bay Buccaneers1100
2025Tampa Bay Buccaneers132800
NFL career1217081213

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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