Avery Jones
Northern Illinois Huskies
70
Average

Avery Jones

Northern Illinois HuskiesRebuilding
NBDefenseAverageTRANSFER · Lafayette
Projected Starter

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Avery Jones is the projected starter at NB for Northern Illinois Huskies.

Senior · #2 · 6'0", 195 lbs

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Depth at NB · Northern Illinois Huskies

  1. 1270Avery JonesStarter
  2. 21256Aaron Warren
  3. 3750Justin Harris

Northern Illinois Starting Lineup

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Up next for Northern Illinois

Northern Illinois plays San José State away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 04:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

This season: 9 tackles, 3 INT, 0 PBU. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 70 overall (Average tier).

Team Share1%
Columbia, MO
Jersey
#2
Class
SR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
195 lbs
Transfer
Lafayette

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—930

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated defense; 61th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.60 for competition level) put them +8 vs unit starters → 70.

Team defense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 61% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.60)
Depth-chart adjustment
+8 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Nov 1LUNLVTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-24

Oct 24LHAWTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 56-21

Oct 17LWYOTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-23

Oct 10LAFATKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-7

Sep 26LGASTTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 35-14

Sep 20LARIZTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 42-17

Sep 12LILSTTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
8
SACK
2
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-24

Sep 5LIOWATKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 40-0

Avery Jones's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

9 tkl · 0 PD · 3 INT
Usage / Involvement25%
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