Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-49@ Nevada | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 20-70@ Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#50
Elin Jones
Redshirt senior defensive end on Western Kentucky's 2026 roster.
6′4″ · 248 lb · Dacula, GA · Mountain View HS
Returning to Western Kentucky for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
2 tackles
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 1 tackles, at Georgia
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive end on Western Kentucky's 2026 roster.
- Transferred from Johnson C Smith to Western Kentucky in 2025.
Elin Jones
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Johnson C Smith to Western Kentucky — the move that set up everything since. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Georgia — Week 2, 2026.
2 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- game log
His career
20258 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Western Kentucky
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Tyson Helton — 9-6 over that span.
2025Western Kentucky9-4HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced
2026Western Kentucky0-2HC: Tyson Helton · Run-leaning, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Western Kentucky | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 15 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Western Kentucky
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive end · Western Kentucky
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -4 net (19 in / 23 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Western Kentucky · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #87 · 2026 recruiting class #81
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
EDGE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Toby Ndukwe’s 2020 season.
Matches Toby on
Sack rate
TFL rate
Height
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Chris Braswell's freshman season at Alabama (2021).
90%match
All-SECNFL Rd 2 · Pk 25
Matches Chris on
Class year
Hurry rate
Sack rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Elin Jones
Background
2025 (r-Sr.) | 9/3: Jones appeared in nine games during his first season on The Hill. He started the final three games of the regular season. Jones finished the year with 14 total tackles, including a pair of tackles for loss, one sack, two quarterback hurries, one pass breakup and two fumble rec...
The defensive line · Western Kentucky
- Mackavelli Malotumau7 tackles for loss · 2025
- #15Jayden Gray3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #93Rylen Sua-Filo3 tackles for loss · 2025
- #33Zeiqui Lawton3 tackles for loss · 2025
- #50Elin Jones1 tackle for loss · 2025
20 more on the roster · Western Kentucky team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology