2004 Football Roster
Roster
Jared Jones
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hillsborough, NJ
- High School:
- Hillsborough
Career Biography (PDF Format) Senior Year (2004): One of 15 players to start all 12 games … Received SU’s Duffy Daugherty Award as a Player’s Player and Coach’s Player … Led the team with 43catches, 621 yards and three touchdowns … Averaged a career-best 14.4 yards per catch … Made a team-leading 15 receptions of at least 15 yards … Was tied for ninth in the BIG EAST with 51.8 receiving yards per game … Was in on 206 special teams plays, the most of any SU player … At Purdue, had three catches for 59 yards … At Buffalo, caught three passes for 32 yards … At Virginia, made a career-high seven catches for 70 yards … Against Rutgers, had three catches for 32 yards … Against Florida State, made three receptions for 56 yards and his first touchdown of the season … At West Virginia, caught five passes for 59 yards … Against Connecticut, recorded two catches for 28 yards and a touchdown … Against Pittsburgh, had four receptions for a career-high 136 yards and a touchdown … Caught a 56-yard pass and a 60-yard touchdown against the Panthers, the two-longest receptions of his career … At Temple, caught six passes for 76 yards … At Boston College, made one catch for 12 yards … Against Georgia Tech in the Champs Sports Bowl, led the team with six catches for 61 yards. Jones' Career Statistics
At SU: Four letters … Moved to wide receiver from quarterback prior to 2001 Spring Practice … Redshirted in 2000 … Tied for sixth on SU’s record list with 102 career catches … Became the 16th player in school history to record more than 1,000 career receiving yards (1,189) and just the seventh to have more than 100 catches and 1,000 receiving yards.
Year
Recpt.
Yards
Avg.
TDs
Long
2001
0
0
0.0
0
0
2002
22
213
9.7
2
37
2003
37
355
9.6
0
37
2004
43
621
14.4
3
60
Totals
102
1,189
11.7
5
60
Jones' Career Highs
Junior Year (2003): Started 11 of the 12 games he played ... One of 39 players to participate in all 12 contests ... Served as the holder for PATs and field goals ... At North Carolina, caught four passes for 34 yards, including one for 11 yards ... Rushed once for 12 yards and had five receptions for 47 yards, including one for 20 yards, against Louisville ... Versus Central Florida, caught three passes for 29 yards, including one for 11 yards ... Rushed two times, including one carry for 16 yards, and had three catches for 33 yards, versus Toledo ... At Virginia Tech, caught one pass for 13 yards ... Had four receptions for 29 yards, including one for 11 yards, against Boston College ... At Pittsburgh, caught three passes for 16 yards, including one for seven yards ... Had one eight-yard reception versus Temple ... Caught two passes for six yards at Miami ... Had four receptions for 55 yards, including one for 15 yards, against West Virginia ... At Rutgers, caught five passes for 76 yards, including one for 37 yards, at Rutgers ... Against Notre Dame, caught two passes, one for six yards and one for three yards.
Sophomore Year (2002): Played in 10 games at wide receiver and as the holder for PATs and field goals ... Missed the games against Virginia Tech and at Boston College due to a knee injury ... At Auburn caught a career-best five passes for a team-high 56 yards ... He caught three passes for 26 yards in SU’s game-tying drive in the fourth quarter ... Against Pittsburgh had four receptions for a career-high 59 yards, including a personal-best 37-yard catch ... The 59 receiving yards led the team ... Caught his first career touchdown pass, a 14-yard reception, in the fourth quarter at Temple ... Had two receptions for 17 yards at West Virginia ... Caught three passes for 15 yards against Rutgers ... Caught three passes for 33 yards and a touchdown at Central Florida ... Touchdown reception in the third quarter tied the game at 24-24 ... Recorded four receptions for 18 yards against Miami after returning from knee injury.
Freshman Year (2001): Played in all 13 games, primarily as the holder on field goal and PATs ... Saw action at wide receiver against Rutgers, Pittsburgh, Temple, Miami and Kansas State in the Insight.com Bowl ...One of 35 players to participate in every game ... At Rutgers scored his first career points after picking up an errant PAT snap and running it into the end zone.
High School: Rated the No. 6 receiver in the East by PrepStar ... High school ran an option offense ... Selected for the Governor's Bowl All-State Classic New Jersey squad ... Career statistics: 1,792 rushing yards, 22 rushing touchdowns, 1,617 passing yards and 18 touchdown passes ... Rushed for a career-high 884 yards as a junior ... Passed for 18 touchdowns and 1,263 yards and rushed for 586 yards as a senior ... Recorded 62 tackles and five interceptions as a senior on defense ... Recruited by associate head coach George DeLeone.
Personal: Jared Michael Jones ... Born May 22, 1982 ... Son of Warner and Jemmie Jones ... Two brothers and one sister ... Brother, Eric, played football for Duke University from 1996-99 ... Majoring in finance.
Receiving
Yards
136 vs. Pittsburgh, 2004
Receptions
7 vs. Virginia, 2004
Long
60 vs. Pittsburgh, 2004
Touchdowns
1 vs. Temple, UCF, 2002; Florida State, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, 2004
Kickoff Returns
Long
10 vs. Buffalo, 2004
Yards
10 vs. Buffalo, 2004
