Last confirmed: Notre Dame, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 224 lb · Saint Petersburg, FL
Tony Jones Jr.: RB · Notre Dame · #6.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Tony Jones Jr.
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. This is his third year in the same backfield at Notre Dame. On tape: 176 rushing yards against USC, Week 7, 2019.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
31.7% of carries overall (144/454) → 13.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (17/123) — 94.1% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
12 of 19 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (63.2%). 5 of the team's 28 inside-the-5 carries (17.9%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 144 | 857 | 6.0 | 6 |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 83 | 392 | 4.7 | 3 |
| 2017 | Notre Dame | 44 | 232 | 5.3 | 3 |
| Career | 271 | 1,481 | 5.5 | 12 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 15 | 104 | 6.9 | 1 |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 6 | 157 | 26.2 | 1 |
| 2017 | Notre Dame | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Career | 27 | 273 | 10.1 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-17@ Louisville | 15 | 110 | 7.3 | 1 | 35 | |
| Wk 3 | W 66-14vs New Mexico | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-23@ No. 3 Georgia | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-20vs No. 18 Virginia | 18 | 131 | 7.3 | 3 | 30 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 6 | W 52-0vs Bowling Green | 7 | 102 | 14.6 | 0 | 36 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-27vs USC | 25 | 176 | 7.0 | 0 | 43 | Season-high 176 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 14-45@ No. 19 Michigan | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-7@ Duke | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-20vs No. 21 Navy | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 13 | W 40-7vs Boston College | 15 | 61 | 4.1 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-24@ Stanford | 14 | 50 | 3.6 | 0 | 11 | |
 Bowl | W 33-9@ Iowa State | 11 | 135 | 12.3 | 1 | 84 | |
| Total | 144 | 857 | 6.0 | 6 | 84 |
Week 5 · 2019
W 35-20
vs Virginia
131 rush yds (18 car) · 3 TD
With J. Bramblett — 39 yards per punt · 6 punts · 44 long · I. Book — 165 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 51.6
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
47%133 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.0 yds/carry on 144 carries · 17% explosive (10+ yds) · 47% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Brian Kelly — 33-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 85.5 | 6.4 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 41.8 | 3.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 98.9 | 7.7 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 33.0 | 2.9 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
47.4%
416 pass / 461 run
Plays / game
67.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.3%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
144 carries and 15 catches in 12 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Notre Dame, 1,481 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Brian Kelly.
