2019 Football Roster
Roster
Jones, Elijah

Jersey Number 20
Elijah Jones
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 190
- Hometown:
- Harlem, N.Y.
- High School:
- Cardinal Hayes HS
- Prev School:
- Cardinal Hayes HS
Bio
2023 (Graduate): All-ACC First Team selection… tied BC record for career games played at 60… played and started in nine games with 25 tackles, five interceptions and eight PBUs… made four tackles and broke up a pass against Northern Illinois (9/2)... five solo stops vs. Holy Cross (9/9)... season-high six tackles and a forced fumble on a scoop-and-score against Florida State (9/16)... recorded two tackles, a pass break-up and an interception vs. Virginia (9/30)... intercepted two passes, broke up three more and was named ACC Defensive Back of the Week following a win at Georgia Tech (10/21)... two interceptions and a PBU plus a tip on a game-clinching interception at Syracuse (11/3) on the way to a second ACC Defensive Back of the Week honor.
2022 (Graduate): All-ACC Honorable Mention… played in 11 games, starting each at corner… totaled 34 tackles including 32 solos… finished with two interceptions and a team-high 13 pass break-ups… four solo tackles against Rutgers (9/3)... made five solo tackles at Virginia Tech (9/10)... four PBUs and two tackles against Maine (9/17)... season-best five solos, one TFL, one sack, and two PBUs against Louisville (10/1)... contributed four solo tackles and a PBU at North Carolina State (11/12).
2021 (Redshirt Junior): Started 11 of 12 games played … totaled 30 tackles, including 27 solos, with five pass break-ups and two forced fumbles … two solo tackles at Temple (9/18) ... broke up a pass and made two stops at Clemson (10/2) ... three tackles in back-to-back games vs. NC State (10/16) and at Louisville (10/23) ... broke up two passes and made a tackle against Virginia Tech (11/5) ... season-high six tackles with a PBU and forced fumble vs. Wake Forest (11/27).
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Appeared in all 11 games for the Eagles … totaled 36 tackles including 29 solos, and five pass breakups … five solo tackles against North Carolina (10/3) ... posted two solo tackles and two pass break ups against Georgia Tech (10/24) ... recorded five tackles including four solos against Notre Dame (11/14).
2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Started three games and played all 13 ... recorded 27 tackles, including 23 solo, with one pass break-up ... made two tackles at Syracuse (11/2) ... nine tackles, including seven solos, in first career start at Notre Dame (11/23) ... posted five tackles, including a TFL, at Pittsburgh (11/30) ... started and made six solo tackles against Cincinnati (1/2) in the Birmingham Bowl.
2018 (Freshman): Played in four games before redshirting the rest of the season … totaled six tackles and four pass breakups.
High School: Top-rated cornerback in New York and the state’s No. 8 overall prospect according to Rivals.com … No. 12 player in the state of New York and the No. 83 athlete nationally according to 247Sports … ranked No. 9 in New York and the nation’s 62nd-best athlete by ESPN Recruiting … played for head coach C.J. O’Neill at Cardinal Hayes … averaged 26.1 yards per reception and finished the season with 1,017 receiving yards as a senior … 14 touchdown receptions, including a 99-yard touchdown catch … three interceptions, two forced fumbles and 22 tackles in 10 games … scored a career high five touchdowns in Cardinal Hayes’ 50-14 quarterfinal win to earn Catholic League Player of the Week honors … also a standout in track … team captain.
Personal: Son of Keith Jones and Janine Green … pursuing a master’s degree in the Woods College of Advancing Studies ... recipient of The John J. Connor '44 Continuing Education Fund.
2022 (Graduate): All-ACC Honorable Mention… played in 11 games, starting each at corner… totaled 34 tackles including 32 solos… finished with two interceptions and a team-high 13 pass break-ups… four solo tackles against Rutgers (9/3)... made five solo tackles at Virginia Tech (9/10)... four PBUs and two tackles against Maine (9/17)... season-best five solos, one TFL, one sack, and two PBUs against Louisville (10/1)... contributed four solo tackles and a PBU at North Carolina State (11/12).
2021 (Redshirt Junior): Started 11 of 12 games played … totaled 30 tackles, including 27 solos, with five pass break-ups and two forced fumbles … two solo tackles at Temple (9/18) ... broke up a pass and made two stops at Clemson (10/2) ... three tackles in back-to-back games vs. NC State (10/16) and at Louisville (10/23) ... broke up two passes and made a tackle against Virginia Tech (11/5) ... season-high six tackles with a PBU and forced fumble vs. Wake Forest (11/27).
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Appeared in all 11 games for the Eagles … totaled 36 tackles including 29 solos, and five pass breakups … five solo tackles against North Carolina (10/3) ... posted two solo tackles and two pass break ups against Georgia Tech (10/24) ... recorded five tackles including four solos against Notre Dame (11/14).
2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Started three games and played all 13 ... recorded 27 tackles, including 23 solo, with one pass break-up ... made two tackles at Syracuse (11/2) ... nine tackles, including seven solos, in first career start at Notre Dame (11/23) ... posted five tackles, including a TFL, at Pittsburgh (11/30) ... started and made six solo tackles against Cincinnati (1/2) in the Birmingham Bowl.
2018 (Freshman): Played in four games before redshirting the rest of the season … totaled six tackles and four pass breakups.
High School: Top-rated cornerback in New York and the state’s No. 8 overall prospect according to Rivals.com … No. 12 player in the state of New York and the No. 83 athlete nationally according to 247Sports … ranked No. 9 in New York and the nation’s 62nd-best athlete by ESPN Recruiting … played for head coach C.J. O’Neill at Cardinal Hayes … averaged 26.1 yards per reception and finished the season with 1,017 receiving yards as a senior … 14 touchdown receptions, including a 99-yard touchdown catch … three interceptions, two forced fumbles and 22 tackles in 10 games … scored a career high five touchdowns in Cardinal Hayes’ 50-14 quarterfinal win to earn Catholic League Player of the Week honors … also a standout in track … team captain.
Personal: Son of Keith Jones and Janine Green … pursuing a master’s degree in the Woods College of Advancing Studies ... recipient of The John J. Connor '44 Continuing Education Fund.
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