Junior safety for Georgia State. 2023: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 20 tackles.
6′2″ · 195 lb · Fayetteville, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 2192 nationally · Signed with Massachusetts
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety for Georgia State. 2023: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 20 tackles.
Cody Jones
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across three seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Walt Bell, Alex Miller and Shawn Elliott. One game to point at: 11 tackles against Old Dominion — Week 13, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Georgia State, 73 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Shawn Elliott.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th 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
2023 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dell McGee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Georgia State | 20 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Massachusetts | 44 | 27 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Massachusetts | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 73 | 44 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 5 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023
W 42–35
vs Rhode Island
1 TOT · 1 INT
Edged out Rhode Island at home in a shootout.
With K. Loggins — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG · D. Grainger — 193 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 40.4 · 51 rush yds (12 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-35vs Rhode Island | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-28vs Troy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-44@ Georgia Southern | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-42vs James Madison | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-56@ LSU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-25@ Old Dominion | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Bowl | W 45-22@ Utah State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Ryan Yaites’s 2023 season.
Matches Ryan on
Differs from Ryan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Ronald Williams Jr.'s junior season at Michigan State (2022).
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Player DNA