Colorado State University Athletics
2019 Football Roster
Manny Jones
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 266
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Cartersville, Ga.
- High School:
- Woodland
Tackles: 12 at Utah State, 9/28/19
TFL: 4, Twice
Sacks: 3 at Wyoming, 11/22/19
National Team of the Week, Pro Football Focus (Week 7 at Utah State, 2021)
2021 Phil Steele Preseason All-Mountain West, 2nd Team
2021 PFF Preseason All-Mountain West, 3rd Team
2021 Athlon Preseason All-Mountain West, 3rd Team
2020 Phil Steele All-Mountain West, 3rd Team
2020 PFF All-Mountain West, 3rd Team
2020 All-Mountain West, Honorable Mention
2019 All-Mountain West, Honorable Mention
2021 (GR) | 12/12: Finished the season with 45 tackles, 15 of them solo stops. … Collected six tackles for loss, with 2.5 sacks. … Broke up one pass and had one fumble recovery. … Had a season-best eight tackles and 2.0 TFLs at Utah State, adding 1.5 sacks.
2020 (Sr.) | 4/4: Started all four games as he earned honorable mention All-Mountain West honors ... Has started 15 consecutive games ... Moved from defensive end to tackle, finishing the season with 13 tackles, seven of them solo stops ... Posted 5.5 tackles for loss, running his total to 27 in his career to put him 10th on the program’s career list ... Notched a pair of sacks on the season. ... . Had a season-best seven stops in the win over Wyoming, including four tackles for loss and two sacks.
2019 (Jr.) | 11/11: Earned honorable mention All-Mountain West recognition ... Set a career best with 12 tackles at Utah State ... Set career best with four tackles for loss at Wyoming, including a single-game best three sacks ... First career forced fumble came at Utah State ... Sixth on the team with 54 tackles, 32 of them solo stops ... Had eight tackles for loss, with five sacks ... Tied for the team lead with five quarterback hurries.
2018 (So.) | 10/8: Played in 10 games and started 8 ... made 34 tackles (16 solo) and ranked second on the team with 7.5 TFLs ... added 2.0 sacks, 1 interception and five quarterback hurries ... Had four tackles, including 1.5 tackles-for-loss, and one quarterback hurry in season opener against Hawai’i (Aug. 25) ... Made season-high five tackles (two for a loss), with one sack, one interception and a quarterback hurry, in win over Arkansas (Sept. 8) ... Recorded four tackles in win at San Jose State (Oct. 6) and had three quarterback hurries and 1.0 tackle-for-loss ... Tied season high with five tackles, 2.0 TFL and 1.0 sack at Nevada (Nov. 10).
2017 (Fr.) | 12/1: Played in all 12 regular season games and started one, recording 35 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and one quarterback hurry ... missed the Gildan New Mexico Bowl with an injury ... Tallied three solo tackles including his first career tackle for loss in the win over Abilene Christian (Sept. 9) ... Recorded four tackles in the win at Hawai’i (Sept. 30), all of which were solos ... Had the best game of his young career in the win at Utah State (Oct. 7), tallying four tackles and 2.0 sacks ... Made four tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss and recorded one quarterback hurry in the win against Nevada (Oct. 14) ... Logged a career-high seven tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss against Boise State (Nov. 11).
HS/Misc.: Named the 2016 Georgia Region 7A Co-Defensive Player of the Year ... Earned 2016 all-state first-team selections ... Helped the Wolfpack to a 10-3 record in 2016, advancing to the Georgia 5A state quarterfinals. ...Selected CSU over seven reported offers, including Purdue, Appalachian State. Georgia State and Georgia Southern ... Born June 6, 1999 in Cartersville, Ga ... parents are Stephen and Marilyn Jones ... has two younger brothers, Titus and Caleb ... mother played basketball in college ... majoring in nursing.
