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2018 Football Roster

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Image: Arthur Spragg
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43 Markus Jones

  • Position Defensive End
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 260
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fort Worth, Texas
  • High School Crowley
  • Previous School Crowley

Biography

2018: Lone Star Conference Preseason Defensive Player of the Year

2017: Earned All-America honors from the AFCA, D2Football.com and Don Hansen after a dominant junior season where he had 10.5 sacks and 63 total tackles… Was named the Lone Star Conference J.V. Sikes Defensive Player of the Year and LSC Defensive Lineman of the Year… Was a Cliff Harris Award finalist and D2CCA All-Super Region Four Team selection... Recorded a season-high 12 tackles against Eastern New Mexico and had a pair of two-sack games against Tarleton State and Western New Mexico… Jones had nine tackles against West Texas A&M and eight against Midwestern State and would finish the season with four forced fumbles, including two against the Buffs.

2016: Named to the Don Hansen Super Four All-Region team ... Earned first team All-LSC honors as well ... Led ASU with 16.0 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks ... Recorded a total of 54 tackles on the season ... Tallied nine quarterback hurries and forced two fumbles ... Led the nation with seven individual blocked kicks. 

2015: Recorded 25 total tackles ... Made 6.5 tackles for loss with 1.5 sacks in 11 games ... Set a season high of nine total tackles and 3.0 for loss against Eastern New Mexico.

2014: Redshirt season.

Prior to ASU: Played for head coach Chris James at Crowley ... Made 90 total tackles (76 solo and 14 assisted) and seven sacks as a senior ... Recorded 57 total tackles (51 solo, 6 assisted) and five sacks as a junior ... Named defensive MVP of district 8-4A as a senior ... Named all-district as a junior. 

Major: Exercise Science
Career Aspiration: NFL, Fire fighter
Personal: Son of Linda and Joseph Jones. Has two siblings, Xavier and Trinton. His brother, Xavier, plays football at Midwestern State. 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    Defensive End
    6'2" 225 lbs
  • 43

    2015Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive End
    6'2" 230 lbs
    43
  • 43

    2016Sophomore

    Defensive End
    6'2" 265 lbs
    43
  • 43

    2017Junior

    Defensive End
    6'3" 255 lbs
    43
  • 43

    2018Senior

    Defensive End
    6'3" 260 lbs
    43