Emery Jones Jr.

HISTORY FROM SCHOOL PROFILE 

2023 Finalist Joe Moore Offensive Line of the Year Award
2023 Second-Team All-SEC (Coaches)
2023 SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week vs. Missouri
2023 LSU Offensive Lineman of the Year (LSU Coaching Staff)
2022 True Freshman All-America (ESPN)
2022 Third Team Freshman All-America (College Football News)
2022 Freshman All-SEC (Coaches)

One of the nation’s top offensive tackles and teams with Will Campbell to give LSU the top pair of tackles in college football … Baton Rouge product who wasted little time in breaking into the lineup as a true freshman in 2022 … Has started 24 games since his first career start against Mississippi State in week 3 of the 2022 season … LSU is 18-6 in games with Jones and Campbell in the starting lineup … In 2 years, Jones and Campbell have been on the field together for 1,482 snaps … Named Second-Team All-SEC honors as a sophomore in 2023 after earning Freshman All-SEC and True Freshman All-America distinction … Has played every offensive snap in 16 of 17 games against SEC opponents in 2 years … Only exception came against Auburn in 2023 when he was injured on LSU’s eighth play of the game … In his 2 years at LSU, the Tigers have averaged 39.8 points and 496.6 total yards per contest and have won 20 games … Played key role in Jayden Daniels winning the Heisman Trophy and setting SEC record for total offense per game (412.2) … Powerful in every aspect of the game with the ability to move defenders against their will … Has great footwork … Standout on the basketball court in high school … Versatile and athletic and has the ability to play any position on the line of scrimmage … Showed athletic ability when he made an open field tackle on Mississippi State punt return in 2022 … Took part in LSU’s Study Abroad program in May of 2023 when he traveled to Senegal for 10 days with 10 of his teammates … Majoring in interdisciplinary studies … LSU coach Brian Kelly said of Jones, ““He makes good choices, good decisions. He is never late to anything. He is reliable. This is a guy that we can count on. He is so reliable and that goes to his background, his family, and his high school. He is exceptional.”

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2023)
Started 12 games at right tackle, missing only the Army game with an injury … Returned to action the following week playing all 61 snaps against Alabama … Played a total of 708 snaps, which included every snap in all but 1 SEC game (Auburn due to injury) … Also played every offensive snap vs. Florida State (65) and against Wisconsin (74) in the ReliaQuest Bowl … LSU’s offensive line was 1 of 3 finalists for the Joe Moore Offensive Line of the Year Award … Second-Team All-SEC from the league’s coaches … SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week for his performance in the win over Missouri … Played all 73 snaps in LSU’s comeback win over Mizzou as the Tiger tallied 533 total yards (274 rushing, 259 passing) … Played 61 snaps in LSU’s 52-38 win over Florida, a game in which the Tigers racked up 706 total yards – the most ever surrendered by the Gators … In that game, Jayden Daniels set the SEC record with 606 yards of total offense … Helped pave the way for an LSU offense that set the school mark for yards per rush at 6.2 on 430 carries … LSU finished the year as the only team in the FBS to rank in the Top 10 in both rushing (No. 10 at 204.5) and passing (No. 3 at 338.9) … Part of an offensive line that featured the same starting lineup in 12 of the 13 games … Played season-high 76 snaps at Ole Miss when the Tigers scored 49 points and tallied 637 yards of offense … LSU rushed for 200-plus yards in 6 straight games during one stretch of the year with a season-best 329 coming in win over Florida … LSU totaled 34 rushing TDs and had at least 2 rushing touchdowns in all but one game (0 vs. Arkansas) … The Tigers topped 40-points and 500-yards of total offense 9 times.

TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON (2022)
Teamed with fellow true freshman Will Campbell (left tackle) as the bookends on the offensive line for the Tigers … The duo combined to start 11 games together and the Tigers were 9-2 in those contests … It also marked the first time in LSU history true freshmen served as the primary starters at left and right tackle … Played in 14 games with 12 starts … Played 886 offensive snaps and another 89 on special teams … In first career start, played all 75 offensive snaps in win over Mississippi State … Season-highs of 79 snaps in back-to-back games against Auburn and Tennessee and then again in win over Ole Miss … Played 71 snaps in overtime win over Alabama, helping the Tigers to 185 rushing yards and 2 TDs – the most yards on the ground against the Crimson Tide in 2022 … Freshman All-SEC, True Freshman All-America by ESPN and third team Freshman All-America by College Football News.

HIGH SCHOOL
Another outstanding offensive line prospect from the state of Louisiana for the Class of 2022 … Prepped at Catholic High School in Baton Rouge where he helped his team to back-to-back Division I state titles in 2020 and 2021 … Cornerstone of a dominant Catholic offense that produced a 12-1 season in 2021 … Twice named 5A first team All-State in 2020 and 2021 … First team all-district in 2020 and 2021 … In his four years at Catholic, team went a combined 44-7 and played in the Division I state title game four times … Invited to play in the Under Armour All-American Game… Ranked No. 226 in ESPN’s Top 300 list… Four-star prospect and ranked as the No. 12 player in the state of Louisiana by 247Sports… Also played basketball at Catholic … Coached in high school by David Simoneaux Jr.

Emery Jones’ Career Highs
Offensive Snaps: 79, 3x (Last: vs. Ole Miss, 2022; First: at Auburn, 2022)

2022

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0