Defensive tackle, North Carolina, 2013–16
Nazair Jones
- Number
- No. 90
- Height
- 6′5″
- Hometown
- Roanoke Rapids, NC
- Born
- Dec 13, 1994, in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
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Nazair Jones played defensive tackle at North Carolina (2013–16). The Seattle Seahawks took Jones in round 3, No. 102 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.
Career highs
9tackles, career highvs. Virginia Tech, 2016Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | North Carolina | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2015 | North Carolina | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2016 | North Carolina | 70 | 32 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Career | 70 | 32 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 of 13 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | North Carolina | 90 | DT | |
| 2014 | North Carolina | 90 | DT | |
| 2015 | North Carolina | 90 | DT | |
| 2016 | North Carolina | 90 | DT | 6′5″ |
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
2016 North Carolina 12 games, 70 tackles, 2.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Georgia | L 24–33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | at Illinois | W 48–23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Pittsburgh | W 37–36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | at Florida State | W 37–35 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 8 | vs. Virginia Tech | L 3–34 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 15 | at Miami | W 20–13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | at Virginia | W 35–14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Georgia Tech | W 48–20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | at Duke | L 27–28 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. The Citadel | W 41–7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs. NC State | L 21–28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. Stanford | L 23–25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2015 North Carolina 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5 | vs. Clemson | L 37–45 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
2014 North Carolina 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | atVirginia | W 28–27 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2017 | Combine or pro day 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′5⅛″ | |
| Weight | 304 lb | |
| Arm length | 34⅝″ | |
| Hand size | 10⅞″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 5.11 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.81 s | |
| Vertical jump | 24½″ | |
| Broad jump | 8′5″ | |
| Bench press | 18 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.93 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.63 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 15 games with a stat; latest team: Seattle Seahawks.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Seattle Seahawks | 10 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | Seattle Seahawks | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 15 | 25 | 2 | 1 | |
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.
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