Player
Jarrian Jones
CB · Jaguars
Jarrian Jones: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
2024 rookie 3rd-rounder turned 2025 Jaguars starter — 63 solo tackles in 31 career games.
TrendJones by season (Jaguars)
| Season | G | Solo | Asst | TFL | PDs | QB Hits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 16 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
Jones was a 2024 3rd-round pick (Pick 96, Florida State after transferring from Mississippi State) — a versatile slot/nickel corner. Rookie year produced 27 solo tackles and 8 pass defenses in 15 games, the kind of immediate-starter line that 3rd-round corners rarely deliver.
Year 2 (2025) was a real step up in physicality: solo tackles up to 36, 6 TFL (up from 1), and a fumble recovery. The Jags' new defensive scheme gave him a more aggressive role.
Tackles for loss per season
| Season | TFL |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 |
Identical 8-PD seasons in 2024 and 2025 — but everything else changed.
SplitYear-over-year comparison
| Stat | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 15 | 16 |
| Solo | 27 | 36 |
| PDs | 8 | 8 |
| TFL | 1 | 6 |
| Sacks | 2 | 0 |
The interesting wrinkle: Jones' pass defenses held flat at 8 across both seasons, but his run defense exploded — TFL went from 1 to 6, and solo tackles up by a third.
The 2024 line (2 sacks!) suggested a slot blitzer profile; 2025 traded the sacks for disruption at the line of scrimmage. He's becoming a multi-tool slot piece, not just a coverage corner.
16 career PDs in 31 games — a 0.52-per-game pace for a 2024 draft pick.
MilestoneThrough two seasons, Jones has accumulated 16 career pass defenses in 31 games — a 0.52-per-game pace that puts him on track for a 9+ PD pace over a 17-game season as a full-time starter.
That's the median range for starting NFL slot corners, achieved in his first two NFL seasons without a single major injury absence.
2 sacks as a rookie corner — a slot-blitz profile that's rarer than it sounds.
RareTwo sacks as a rookie defensive back is uncommon — most rookie corners post 0-1, and the pass-rush role is usually reserved for veterans the staff trusts in fire-zone calls.
Jones got both of his 2024 sacks from slot alignment, plus 2 QB hits in the same year. The fact that his 2025 sack total dropped to 0 while TFL went up to 6 suggests the Jags reshaped his job toward run support — but the rookie-year blitz tape is real.
3rd-round 2024 CB class — among the most productive Year-1 contributors.
ComparisonThe 2024 draft's 3rd-round corner cohort (Picks 65-100) is a mixed bag of slot/nickel and outside types. Jones' 2024 line (27 solo, 8 PDs, 2 sacks in 15 games) was one of the higher-snap, higher-impact rookie performances from that tier.
Through 2 seasons, his 63 solo tackles + 16 PDs + 2 sacks is the kind of production line that turns into a multi-year starter contract on a defense like Jacksonville's that's rebuilding around young pieces.
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