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2025 Football Roster

2 Jalen Jones

  • Position CB
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chesapeake, Va.
  • High School Deep Creek

Biography

JUNIOR YEAR (2024)
Honored as a first-team All-America selection by six organizations – Associated Press (AP), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp, Stats Perform, Phil Steele and FCS Football Central … Buck Buchanan Award Finalist for FCS national defensive player of the year … All-CAA first-team honoree … VaSID (Virginia Sports Information Directors) All-State first-team selection … Ranked first nationally in passes defended (22), passes defended per game (1.8) and pass breakups (20) … Ranked tied for eighth in the CAA in interceptions (2) and tied for sixth in forced fumbles (2) … Started all 12 games … Finished the season with 48 tackles … Posted three stops, an interception, TFL and PBU in the win against Hampton … Also recorded an interception with a PBU at Towson … Register a career-high four pass breakups in the victory against Furman … Totaled five tackles with a TFL, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery at No. 24 Stony Brook … Tallied three PBU with four tackles and a forced fumble in the win versus Campbell … Posted a career-high eight tackles with a pair of PBU at Coastal Carolina … Also broke up multiple passes in triumphs against Wofford, North Carolina A&T and Bryant … Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll accolades …

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2023)
Started all 10 games in which he appeared … Ranked second on the team in PBU (5) … Also finished the season with 17 tackles … Posted five stops and a PBU in the season-opening win at Campbell … Also recorded PBUs against Charleston Southern, Towson, No. 23 UAlbany and Richmond … Tallied three-tackle efforts at Virginia and Elon …  Preseason All-CAA First Team …

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN YEAR (2022)
Finalist for the Jerry Rice Award, which honors the national freshman of the year in FCS, and placed eighth in the voting … CAA Defensive Rookie of the Year … Freshman All-America selection by Stats Perform, Phil Steele Magazine and HERO Sports … All-CAA Second Team … VaSID Defensive Rookie of the Year … VaSID All-State Second Team … Ranked tied for first in the CAA and 15th nationally with four interceptions … Honored as the National Defensive Player of the Week and CAA Defensive Player of the Week after posting three interceptions, highlighted by a 33-yard pick-six, with two PBU in the win against Campbell … The impressive effort marked the first time a W&M totaled three interceptions in a game since B.W. Webb did so in the win at Virginia in 2009 … Finished the season with 24 tackles, eight PBU, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery … Started 11 of the 12 games in which he appeared … Recorded an interception with two PBUs in the win against No. 17/18 Rhode Island … Posted a TFL and a PBU in the victory at Hampton … Totaled three tackles with a forced fumble and a pass breakup in the second round NCAA Playoff win versus Gardner-Webb … Recovered a fumble in the triumph against Villanova … Registered four tackles and a PBU in the win versus No. 6 Delaware … Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll accolades …

FRESHMAN YEAR (2021)
Redshirted after appearing in two contests … Did not record any stats …

HIGH SCHOOL
Standout cornerback and wide receiver for head coach Andre Twine at Deep Creek High School … Finished his prep career with nine interceptions, two of which he returned for touchdowns … Also recorded 65 receptions for 1,186 yards and nine touchdowns … Also returned a punt for a touchdown … All-Tidewater first-team selection as a cornerback in 2021 … All-757 Junior First Team selection as a punt returner in 2019 … State champion long jumper in 2019 … Also was the state runner-up in triple jump in 2019 … 4.0 GPA Honor Graduate …  

PERSONAL
Son of Andrew and Jacqueline Jones … Enjoys astronomy and video games.

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2021Freshman

    CB
    6'0" 180 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    CB
    6'0" 185 lbs
    25
  • 2

    2023Sophomore

    CB
    6'0" 190 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2024Junior

    CB
    6'0" 190 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2025Senior

    CB
    6'0" 195 lbs
    2