Last confirmed: Northern Illinois, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · 220 lb · Miami Gardens, FL
Bobby Jones IV: LB · Northern Illinois · #6.
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Bobby Jones IV
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Second year in the Northern Illinois linebacker corps. A game that shows it: 16 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Boston College — Week 1, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
107 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 12.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Northern Illinois | 107 | 59 | 12.5 | 5.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | Northern Illinois | 59 | 35 | 5.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| Career | 166 | 94 | 18.0 | 6.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-23vs Boston College | 16 | 10 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-10vs Eastern Illinois | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 21-17@ Nebraska | 14 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-34@ No. 19 San Diego State | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-3vs Kent State | 8 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 14-13@ Buffalo | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 8 | W 48-17@ Bowling Green | 9 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-27vs Eastern Michigan | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-27@ Toledo | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 63-17vs Ball State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-31vs Western Michigan | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-31@ Central Michigan | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 14-36vs Duke | 10 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 107 | 59 | 12.5 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
107tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%12 TFLSack rate
5%5 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups107 tackles · 12.5 for loss · 5 sacks · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Rod Carey — 13-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 9.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 9.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rod Carey
Pass share
42.7%
405 pass / 543 run
Plays / game
72.9
13 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
439 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
107 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Northern Illinois, 166 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Rod Carey.
