A six-year (2018-23) tackle at Texas, appeared in 61 games with 48 starts during his college career … after not seeing action in 2018 and serving as a reserve during his redshirt freshman season in 2019, Jones started all 48 games played over his final four seasons … his 48 starts came at right tackle (35) and left tackle (13) … started all 26 games RT in his final two seasons, earning Honorable Mention All-Big 12 honors both years.
2023: Started all 13 games at RT in his Super Senior season and earned Honorable Mention All-Big 12 honors for the second consecutive year … Joe Moore Award semifinalist … All-Big 12 selection by USA Today … part of an O-line that blocked for Doak Walker Award semifinalist Jonathon Brooks and Davey O'Brien Award semifinalist Quinn Ewers … helped open holes for running backs Brooks (1,158 yards), CJ Baxter (659 yards) and Jaydon Blue (339 yards) … blocked for the fifth running back duo in school history with a 1,000 and 600-yard rusher … paved the way a UT offense that totaled 661 yards of total offense against No. 24 Kansas with Brooks having 218 rushing yards, the fourth-most ever for a Longhorn against an AP ranked opponent … helped team rush for a season-high 302 yards (7.0 ypc) and total 528 yards of offense in the regular-season finale against Texas Tech … blocked for Ewers record-setting Big 12 Championship performance in which he threw for 452 yards and four TDs in the win over Oklahoma State; Longhorns totaled 662 yards of offense, the seventh-most in program history.
2022: Started all 13 games at RT and earned Honorable Mention All-Big 12 honors … part of an O-line that blocked for Doak Walker Award winner and unanimous All-American Bijan Robinson as he rushed for 1,580 yards (6.1 ypc) and 18 TDs with 19 receptions for 314 yards and two TDs ... blocked for the eighth running back duo in UT history with a 1,000 and 500-yard rusher (Bijan Robinson–1,580, Roschon Johnson–554) … helped Robinson run for 101 yards and a TD while Hudson Card established career highs with 303 passing yards and three TDs in a victory over West Virginia … blocked for Robinson's 209-yard outing at Kansas State and 243-yard, four-TD performance at Kansas … blocked for redshirt freshman Quinn Ewers in the Alamo Bowl against Washington, where Ewers passed for 369 yards and a TD while completing 31-of-47 passes.
2021: Started all 12 games at left tackle while blocking for the seventh RB duo in UT history with a 1,000 and 500-yard rusher (Bijan Robinson–1,127, Roschon Johnson–569) … helped protect Casey Thompson, who had a Big 12-leading 24 TD passes ... part of an O-line that helped three different Longhorns combine for nine 100-yard rushing games … helped Robinson eclipse 100 yards rushing in five consecutive games … Texas posted back-to-back games with 58+ points (58 vs. Rice, 70 vs. Texas Tech) … anchored an O-line line that helped produce over 600 yards against Rice (620) and Texas Tech (639) … helped the Longhorns set the school's single-game yards per carry record of 10.4 ypc (41 carries for 428 yards) against Rice.
2020: Started all 10 games -- RT in the first eight games before moving to LT in the regular season finale, and then back to RT in the Alamo Bowl ... part of an O-line that helped the Longhorns average 42.7 points per game, the second-best scoring average in school history ... blocked for an offense that averaged 6.66 yards per play, the fourth-best mark in school history and best in a season since 2005 ... helped Texas post two 60-point games (63 at Texas Tech, 69 at Kansas State) ... blocked for a backfield that averaged 5.3 ypc and scored 20 rushing TDs ... helped senior Sam Ehlinger record 2,943 yards of total offense and score 34 total TDs (26 pass/8 rush) ... part of unit that helped three Longhorns total five 100-yard rushing games ... offensive line helped Texas set school records for points (55), total offense (638) and yards per play (9.4) in a bowl game versus Colorado ... blocked for an offense that rushed for 303 yards and passed for 335 in the Valero Alamo Bowl, marking the first time that Texas recorded more than 300 passing yards and 300 rushing yards in a bowl game.
2019: Saw action in 13 games, primarily on special teams with Texas field goal unit.
2018: Redshirted as a true freshman.
Attended Cypress Woods (Cypress, TX) High School where he played soccer before switching to football as a junior in 2016 … earned all-district honors in football and for his academics … named a team captain as a senior in 2017, serving as a two-way player on both the offensive and defensive lines … selected first-team All-District 17-6A as an offensive lineman … part of an offense that rushed for 2,129 yards for an average of 236.6 yards per game and 4.6 yards per carry as a senior … volunteered to help victims during and after Hurricane Harvey … at Texas, was a seven-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (spring 2020, fall 2020, spring 2021, fall 2021, spring 2022, fall 2022, spring 2023).
