Sophomore defensive back on Northwestern's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Baltimore, MD · Archbishop Spalding
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 1655 nationally · Signed with Northwestern
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 defensive back on Northwestern's 2025 roster.
Alijah Jones
The receipt: 4 tackles against Western Illinois — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (2nd percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northwestern | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-7vs Western Illinois | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 42-7vs UL Monroe | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 22-24vs Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-35vs Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 34-7vs Central Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
2026 Outlook
Northwestern
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Northwestern
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Northwestern · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #60 · 2026 recruiting class #52
2025 First-Year: Tallied 10 total tackles (four solo) in 12 games in his first collegiate season … Saw first career action and tied for a team-high four tackles against Western Illinois (9/5) … Added one total tackle against ULM (10/5) … Posted one solo tackle against Michigan (11/15) … Recorded...
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