Elin Jones
Elin Jones
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 13 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2025
W 27–24
at Delaware
2 TOT · 1 QB HUR · 1 REC
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Disrupts the pocket from the interior.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Western Kentucky
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Western Kentucky
Returning around him
- 33% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- Transfer portal: -3 net (19 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Western Kentucky · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #100 · 2026 recruiting class #80
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Toby Ndukwe’s 2020 season.
Matches Toby on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Chris Braswell's freshman season at Alabama (2021).
Matches Chris on
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #10608
Peaked at #10608 this season.
Background
Before WKU: Jones arrived at WKU after spending three seasons at Johnson C. Smith University. He appeared in five games during the 2024 season, totaling 15 tackles, three tackles for loss, one sack and one pass defended. He missed the 2023 season due to injury, but in 2022, Jones appeared in eigh...