
Player facts
- Team
Seattle Seahawks- Position
- Linebacker
- Number
- 13
- Born
- Nov 22, 1999 (age 26)
- Birthplace
- Waycross, GA, USA
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 233 lbs
- College
- South Carolina
- Experience
- 6 seasons
- Status
- Active
Stats
Among the NFL leaders, 2026 Regular Season:
- 2nd in total tackles 59
2026 Defense
| TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | STF | STFYDS | KB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 59 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Last 5 Games | 46 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 643 | 344 | 299 | 9.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 232 | 23.2 | 1 | 85 | 26 | 41.5 | 51 | 0 |
Recent games
| Tackles | Fumbles | Interceptions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | KB |
| @ | L 17-14 OT | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| vs | L 32-29 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| vs | W 30-23 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| @ | L 33-31 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| @ | W 31-7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
Ernest Jones IV (born November 22, 1999) is an American professional football middle linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks.
From Wikipedia’s article on Ernest Jones (linebacker), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life
Jones grew up in Waycross, Georgia and attended Ware County High School. As a senior, he recorded 112 tackles with six tackles for loss, two sacks and three forced fumbles and was named first-team Class AAAAA. Jones committed to play at South Carolina after considering offers from Georgia Tech and Duke.
College career
Jones played in five games as a freshman with 16 tackles and a forced fumble. He became a starter and led South Carolina with 97 tackles in his sophomore season. Going into his junior season, Jones missed most of South Carolina's preseason training due to an appendectomy. He led the team again as a junior with 86 tackles, five of which were for a loss. At the end of the season, Jones declared that he would forgo his senior season and enter the NFL draft.
Personal life
Jones is a Christian. He married his high school girlfriend, Tyra, in September 2023 and their son, Ernest Jones V, was born in July 2024.
From Wikipedia’s article on Ernest Jones (linebacker), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
Seahawks’ next games
Recent results
Sources
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- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Ernest Jones IV