Player facts
- Team
New England Patriots- Position
- Cornerback
- Number
- 25
- Born
- Oct 22, 1998 (age 27)
- Birthplace
- Enterprise, AL, USA
- Height
- 5' 8"
- Weight
- 188 lbs
- College
- Houston
- Experience
- 5 seasons
- Status
- Active
Stats
2026 Defense
| TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | STF | STFYDS | KB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last 5 Games | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 186 | 146 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 199 | 28.4 | 2 | 35 | 32 | 7 | 19 | 0 |
Recent games
| Tackles | Fumbles | Interceptions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | KB |
vs  LV | W 45-17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  BUF | W 29-26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
@  JAX | L 35-6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
vs  PIT | W 20-3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  SEA | L 13-10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
Marcus Elliot Jones (born October 22, 1998) is an American professional football cornerback, punt returner and slot receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Troy Trojans and the Houston Cougars. Jones was selected by the Patriots in the third round of the 2022 NFL draft.
From Wikipedia’s article on Marcus Jones (cornerback), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life
Jones grew up in Enterprise, Alabama and attended Enterprise High School, where he played basketball and football. He was named all-state as a senior after recording 27 tackles with five interceptions and 16 passes broken up on defense and returning three punts and one kickoff for touchdowns.
2017 season
Jones began his college football career at Troy University in 2017. He was named the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year and second-team all-conference as a return specialist after returning 30 kickoffs for 879 yards and three touchdowns and 14 for 121 yards while also intercepting two passes on defense, one of which was returned for a touchdown.
2018 season
As a sophomore in 2018, he was named first-team All-Sun Belt as a return specialist after returning 23 kickoffs for 584 yards and one touchdown and to the second-team as a cornerback after breaking up eight passes with one interception.
2019 season
After his sophomore season, Jones entered the NCAA transfer portal and later announced that he would be transferring to the University of Houston in 2019. He sat out one season and redshirt due to NCAA transfer rules, maintaining his junior status for the 2020 season.
2020 season
Jones had 24 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, and one interception on defense during his redshirt junior season in 2020. Jones was also named first-team All-American Athletic Conference as a return specialist after leading the nation with 337 yards on 17 punt returns with one returned for a touchdown.
2021 season
During his redshirt senior season in 2021, Jones returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown with 17 seconds left against 19th-ranked SMU to win the game 44–37. To cap off the season he won the Paul Hornung Award, given to the nation's most versatile player, and was selected to the Associated Press All-America first-team as a defensive back. He also won American Athletic Conference (AAC) Special Teams Player of the Year along with being named first-team All-AAC as a return specialist and second-team All-AAC as a cornerback.
From Wikipedia’s article on Marcus Jones (cornerback), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
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Sources
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- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Marcus Jones