Missouri State

Fifth-year senior and returning starter at defensive end ... Posted 1.5 sacks at Maroon and White Spring Game (4/27/17) with 3 total stops.

2016: Started all 11 games his junior season, primarily at left end ... Finished with 22 total tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss ... Brought down 6 ball carriers in season opener against Southwestern College (9/1/16) ... Was in on 4 stops in win at Murray State (9/10/16) with 0.5 TFLs ... Had an 8-yard sack in win at Indiana State (10/1/16) to go with a hurry ... In on a half-sack at Illinois State (11/12/16) to go with 3 total tackles ... Finished with Earned MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll distinction for spring semester ... Also named to MVFC Honor Roll ... Broke up 3 passes in Maroon and White Spring Game (4/23/16) to go with 3 tackles.

2015: Earned 8 starts as a sophomore defensive end while seeing action in the club’s last 9 games of the campaign … Was in on 23 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks … Posted season-high 5 tackles against Indiana State (10/3/15) with a pair of solos and a sack … Tallied 3 solo tackles at Arkansas State (9/19/15) … Produced 4 total stops at SIU (10/10/15) and vs. South Dakota State (10/31/15) with a sack … Had a QB hurry, fumble recovery and a tackle at South Dakota (10/24/15) ... Contributed 3 tackles and 2 solo stops in Maroon and White Spring Game (4/11/15).

2014: Saw action in 4 games as a redshirt freshman with injuries sidelining him early in the season before he returned for the final three games of the year ... Brought down a pair of ball carriers at home against No. 1 North Dakota State (11/15/14) ... Also saw time in games at Northwestern State (8/28/14), vs. Southern Illinois (11/8/14) and at UNI (11/22/14) ... Had 2 tackles, 1 TFL in the Maroon and White Spring Game (4/26/14).

2013: Redshirted his freshman season at Missouri State ... Named MSU Defensive Scout Team Player of the Week twice for games against Central Arkansas (9/21/13) and North Dakota State (10/12/13).

High School: Helped lead coach Chris Hill’s Wynne (Ark.) High team to the Class 5A semifinals and 12-1 record in 2012 ... Earned first-team all-conference honors as a senior ... Was also a standout receiver for Coach Chris Hill his junior season and helped the Yellowjackets to an 11-3 campaign in 2011 ... Also played center for the basketball team.

Personal: Tony G. Jones II was born 11/24/94 in Wynne, Ark. ... Son of Tony and Tiffany Jones of Wynne ... Has four brothers -- Arrion, Barry, Brandon and Bryce ... Brother Arrion Dixon was an All-SEC defensive lineman at Arkansas ... Majoring in Sport and Park Administration.