POSITION Running Back
HEIGHT 6-2
WEIGHT 220
CLASS Junior
HOMETOWN Lineville, Ala.
HIGH SCHOOL Clay Central
Career entering 2021: Maxwell Award and Doak Walker preseason watch lists … Preseason All-Sun Belt first team from league coaches/media, Phil Steele, Athlon, Lindy's and PFF College ... Toughest Sun Belt player to bring down from Lindy’s ... In 15 career games (five starts), has totaled 1,311 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns on 188 attempts (7.0 average) … MVP of 2020 Myrtle Beach Bowl … Rushed for 317 yards and five touchdowns on 22 attempts in the Myrtle Beach Bowl win to break the App State single-game rushing record, break the single-game NCAA bowl rushing record, tie App State’s single-game rushing TD record and tie the single-game NCAA bowl rushing TD record … By going over 1,000 yards in 2020, helped App State extend streak to an FBS-best nine straight years with a 1,000-yard back … Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Award candidate in 2020 after scoring a 63-yard TD as a (redshirting) true freshman in 2018 bowl win but suffering a torn ACL in his right knee on a 17-yard run in the 2019 opener ... Tied Buffalo’s Jaret Patterson for the FBS lead in rushes of 50 or more yards (five) in 2020 and led the nation with four rushes of 60-plus yards ... In this millennium, only FBS player to rush for more than 300 yards and score five rushing TDs on less than 25 carries.
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#6 STEVEN JONES JR.
POSITION Defensive Back
HEIGHT 5-10
WEIGHT 180
CLASS Senior
HOMETOWN Rockingham, N.C.
HIGH SCHOOL Richmond Senior
Career entering 2021: Appeared in 38 career games ... Preseason All-Sun Belt from PFF College as a kick returner (second team) and cornerback (third team).
2020: Played in all 12 games … A standout as a third cornerback, had 97 return yards on two interceptions, including a 34-yard TD return against Troy, and averaged 21.9 yards on 17 kickoff returns with a long of 41 against Georgia State … Gained 63 yards on an interception near the end zone in the Myrtle Beach Bowl win against North Texas … Finished season with 23 tackles and four pass breakups … Pick-six score against Troy helped give App State a 21-0 lead midway through the first quarter … Career-high six tackles in the bowl win against North Texas … Led App State with 106 all-purpose yards (on four kickoff returns) against Georgia State.
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