Terry Jones Jr.

Indiana State

Sep 12 (Fri)

6:30 p.m.

Photo by: Andrew Mascharka/Indiana Athletics

Position:
DB
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 200
Year:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Baltimore, Md.
High School:
Mergenthaler Voc Tech
Prev School:
Old Dominion

Career Notes & Records
Appeared in 53 career games with 28 starts ... Played 40 games with 26 starts over five seasons at Old Dominion (2019-23) ...Tabbed honorable-mention All-Sun Belt in 2023 ... Owns 10 career double-digit tackle games.

2024 (Redshirt Senior Season)
Season: Appeared in all 13 games with two starts ... Made Indiana debut against FIU (8/31) in the season opener ... One of 27 transfer student-athletes to make Indiana debut in 2024 ... One of 17 transfers to make a start for IU in 2024.

FIU (8/31): Made Indiana debut. Western Illinois (9/6): Posted five tackles. Charlotte (9/21): Had two tackles ... Combined with Tyrique Tucker on a fourth-quarter tackle for loss. Nebraska (10/19): Totaled six stops ... Sacked Dylan Raiola in the third quarter for first sack at IU. Washington (10/26): Made first start at IU ... Chipped in four tackles. at Michigan State (10/26): Part of a defense that held Michigan State to a program-record minus-36 rushing yards in the game ... Chipped in four stops ... Made 1.5 tackles for loss ... Combined with Aiden Fisher on a first-quarter tackle for loss ... Made solo tackle for loss in the third quarter. Michigan (11/9): Defense held its fifth opponent under 200-yards passong with 137 yards allowed through the air ... The unit held an opposing offense to less than 300-yards of total offense for the sixth time in 2024 ... Totaled six tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss ... Forced a second-quarter fumble on a tackle for loss that was recovered by Mikail Kamara and led to an Indiana field goal drive ... Added a third-quarter tackle for loss ... Broke up two passes ... Second pass breakup came on Michigan’s final drive to bring up fourth-and-10. at Ohio State (11/23): Totaled four tackles. Purdue (11/30): Part of a defense that help Purdue to a program-low 67 yards of total offense ... Limited the Boilermakers to just 54 yards passing to mark the sixth opponent in 2024 held under 200 yards passing ... Posted four tackles. at Notre Dame (12/20): Posted four tackles.

2023 (Senior Season – Old Dominion)
Appeared in all 12 games with 11 starts … Named honorable-mention All-Sun Belt … Logged six double-digit tackle games … Totaled 107 tackles with 4.0 tackles for loss … Broke up four passes … Forced one fumble … Logged 13 tackles with a combined tackle for loss and one forced fumble against Coastal Carolina (11/4) … Totaled 12 tackles and broke up a pair of passes versus Wake Forest (9/16) … Had 2.0 tackles for loss as part of a seven-tackle game against Georgia State (11/25) … Opened the season with 12 tackles at Virginia Tech (9/2) … Posted 10 tackles with a combined tackle for loss against Texas A&M-Commerce (9/23) … Piled up 13 tackles at Marshall (9/30) … Totaled 11 tackles with a combined tackle for loss versus Appalachian State (10/21) … Chipped in a combined tackle for loss as part of a nine-tackle outing against Louisiana (9/9).

2022 (Junior Season – Old Dominion)
Appeared in 11 games with nine starts … Logged one double-digit tackle game … Totaled 63 tackles with 5.5 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack … Grabbed two interceptions … Forced one fumble … Grabbed first career interception and made eight tackles against Virginia Tech (9/2) in the season opener … Made eight tackles with one forced fumble and a solo sack – the first of his career – versus Arkansas State (9/24) … Posted seven tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss at Coastal Carolina (10/15) … Combined on a tackle for loss as part of an 11-tackle effort against Georgia Southern (10/22) … Made seven tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss at Georgia State (10/29) … Had six stops with a combined tackle for loss against James Madison (11/12) … Grabbed an interception at South Alabama (11/26) with one tackle.

2021 (Sophomore Season – Old Dominion)
Appeared in all 13 games with six starts … Started the final six games of the season … Posted three double-digit tackle games … Totaled 69 tackles with 3.0 tackles for loss … Totaled a season-high 11 tackles against Western Kentucky (10/16) in first collegiate start … Registered first career tackle for loss as part of a nine-tackle game at Marshall (10/9) … Posted nine tackles with a combined tackle for loss against Charlotte (11/27) … Totaled 12 stops with 1.5 tackles for loss versus Tulsa (12/20) in the Myrtle Beach Bowl.

2020 (Redshirt Freshman Season – Old Dominion)
Old Dominion cancelled all fall athletic seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 (Freshman Season – Old Dominion)
Appeared in four games and redshirted his initial collegiate season … Totaled two tackles … Both stops came on special teams … Collegiate debut came at UAB (10/19) with a solo tackle in the game … Logged one tackle against UTSA (11/9).

Prep/Personal
Safety for head coach Patrick Nixon at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School … Also played wide receiver … Rated as the No. 43 prospect in Maryland per 247Sports … Earned first-team all-metro as a senior … Participated in the Maryland Crab Bowl following his senior season … Registered 92 tackles with seven interceptions as a senior … Returned two interceptions for touchdowns … Caught 40 passes for 521 yards and 10 touchdowns … Took two punt returns for touchdowns his final prep season.