2022 Football Roster
Roster
Demarcus Jones
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 202
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Vicksburg, Miss.
- High School:
- Warren Central HS
- Prev School:
- NW Mississippi CC
2021 (RS Jr.): Appeared in 11 games and made five starts … Rushed for 179 yards on 24 carries for a 7.5 yards per carry and no touchdowns … Longest rush of the year was 56 yards, coming against FIU (11/27) … Collected most of his yards in the Superback formation over the final two games of the season, rushing for 87 yards on 14 carries at Louisiana Tech (11/19) and 90 yards on nine rushes versus FIU … Also caught 22 passes for 185 yards and two touchdowns … First TD catch of 11 yards came against Alabama (9/25) and second one was 3 yards from Jake Lange against UTEP (10/9) … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2021 semester.
2020 (RS Jr.): Appeared in all 10 games, which included five starting assignments ... Recorded 29 catches for 265 yards and a touchdown ... Averaged 9.1 yards per catch and 26.5 yards per game ... Had a long reception of 25 yards coming against Liberty (10/24) ... Collected most catches in a game during the season with 11 versus Tulane (9/26) for 77 yards ... Tallied at least one catch in nine games and multiple catches seven times ... Notched only TD catch of 22 yards at North Texas (10/3).
2019 (Jr.): Played in three games and drew a redshirt ... Played against Alcorn State (8/31), Rice (10/26) and UTSA (11/16).
Junior College: Second Team All-MACJC as a sophomore ... Finished his career with nearly 1,000 all-purpose yards and averaged 14 yards per catch ... Two-year totals included 42 catches, 583 yards and 3 touchdown catches ... Saw action in all 11 games as a freshman ... had 21 receptions for 230 yards and a touchdown and added nine carries for 36 yards...First career touchdown came in the MACJC Championship game vs EMCC ... Had 13 kick returns for 301 yards, including a career-long 75-yard return at Itawamba ... Ranked No. 106 on 247Sports Top JUCO prospects.
High School: Played for head coach Josh Morgan at Warren Central ... A two-way player as a wide receiver and cornerback ... Rushed for 1,200 yards with 15 touchdowns and hauled in 19 receptions for 303 yards and four touchdowns ... Had a career-best four rushing touchdowns in a 50-32 win over Clinton in the regular season ... Added 26 total tackles, three interceptions and one sack ... Named Class 6A Second Team Defense by Mississippi Gridiron Magazine ... Played in 2016 Bernard Blackwell All-Star Classic ... Made the 2016 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Mississippi Football Team.
