Kelley Jones
Mississippi State Bulldogs
88
Great

Kelley Jones

Mississippi State BulldogsContender
LCBDefenseGreat
Projected Starter

Is Kelley Jones starting?

Kelley Jones is the projected starter at LCB for Mississippi State Bulldogs.

Redshirt junior · #1 · 6'4", 205 lbs

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Depth at LCB · Mississippi State Bulldogs

  1. 1188Kelley JonesStarter
  2. 2867Kaylib Singleton

Mississippi State Starting Lineup

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The Story

The Ballhawk

A 4-star recruit out of Clarksdale, ranked #372 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 34 tackles, 2 INT, 11 PBU. That's 9% of the team's production at his spot and 97th-percentile production nationally — good for a 88 overall (Great tier).

Recruit4★ · #372 Natl2-Yr Total62 tacklesTeam Share9%Percentile97th
Clarksdale, MS
Jersey
#1
Class
RS JR
Height
6'4"
Weight
205 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
202534211
20242801

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.8967
National Rank
#372
High School
Clarksdale
Hometown
Clarksdale, MS

Why this rating?

On a 80-rated defense; 97th-percentile production (×0.93 for competition level) put them +8 vs unit starters → 88.

Team defense (SP+)
80
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 97% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.93)
Depth-chart adjustment
+8 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 3LALATKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 56-23

Sep 26WMIZTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
4

Final W 31-24

Sep 19WSCTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-34

Sep 12WMINNTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 38-13

Sep 5WULMTKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 62-13

Kelley Jones's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

Ballhawk
34 tkl · 11 PD · 2 INT
Usage / Involvement100%
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