Buddha Jones: DT · Troy · #4.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Buddha Jones
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Sean Lewis, Chip Lindsey and Jon Sumrall. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against App State — Week 14, 2023.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Troy | 29 | 8 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2022 | Troy | 26 | 9 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Troy | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Kent State | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Kent State | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 74 | 24 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-30vs Stephen F. Austin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-42@ No. 15 Kansas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-16vs James Madison | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-24vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-7@ Georgia State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 37-3vs Arkansas State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 19-0@ Army | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-13@ Texas State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 28-10vs South Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-14@ UL Monroe | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-24vs Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-17@ Southern Miss | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 49-23vs App State | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 10-17vs Duke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 29 | 8 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%3 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
7%2 hurries29 tackles · 3 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jon Sumrall
Pass share
48.7%
455 pass / 480 run
Plays / game
66.8
14 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
485 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #98 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Kent State and Troy, 74 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 36 games over five seasons.
The snaps went the other way.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Sean Lewis, Chip Lindsey and Jon Sumrall.
