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Arkansas State University

2023 Football Roster

2 Leon Jones

  • Position CB
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Mississippi Gulf Coast CC
  • Hometown Hattiesburg, Miss.

Biography

2023: Saw action in 12 games with a career-high eight starts at cornerback … Had a career-high 26 tackles for the year … Posted multi-tackle performances nine times with a season-high five tackles at Troy … Finished with six pass breakups including a season-high three against Texas State. 

2022: Appeared in eight games for the Red Wolves with four starts … Finished with 14 tackles and 1.0 TFL for two yards … Had four multi-tackle performances including a season-high four tackles at Southern Miss … Recorded six pass breakups with a season-high of three at Memphis.

2021: Named a PFF Honorable Mention All-Sun Belt … Appeared in all 12 games for Arkansas State with starts in seven games at cornerback … Earned his first start at Tulsa … Finished the year with 23 tackles including 17 solo stops … Led Arkansas State and finished tied for fifth with eight pass break-ups … Posted his first tackle as a Red Wolf against Memphis … Recorded a career-high six tackles at South Alabama … Had six multi-tackle games … Snagged his first career interception at Washington and returned it for 12 yards … Finished with one TFL for one yard, recorded in the season finale against Texas State … Registered a five-yard punt return at Washington, his lone punt return of the season.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College: Two-year letterman at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College ... Helped lead MGCCC to a 5-1 record as a sophomore in 2020, when he recorded 15 tackles and six pass break-ups ... Played in all 12 games as a freshman in 2019, posting five tackles ... Earned MACJC All-Academic Award ... Posted three tackles in a 25-3 win over Pearl River.

High School: Varsity football letterman at North Forrest High School in Hattiesburg, Miss. ... As a senior, completed 68-of-139 passes for 1,249 yards and 14 touchdowns, while also rushing 98 times for 822 yards and 9 touchdowns ... Junior season, ran 31 times for 224 yards and two touchdowns while catching 14 passes for 236 yards and four touchdowns ... Named to the Hattiesburg American All-Area Honorable Mention Team ... As a sophomore, caught 17 passes for 294 yards and six touchdowns ... Also recruited by schools such as Charlotte, Memphis, South Alabama, Southern Miss, UTEP and Mississippi State.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2021Sophomore

    CB
    6'1" 192 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2022Junior

    CB
    6'1" 195 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2023Senior

    CB
    6'1" 195 lbs
    2