Myles Jones

Position:
Cornerback
Height:
6-4
Weight:
194
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Magnolia, Texas
High School:
Magnolia West (Texas A&M)

CAREER: Lettered four years at Texas A&M University (2017-18-19-20) and one season at Duke (2023) … played in 53 career games, 22 starts … three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection (2018, 2020 & 2021) … registered 131 tackles, 6.5 TFL, six INTs, 31 PBUs, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one QB pressure … registered 4+ tackles on 14 occasions, including a career-high nine tackles against Wake Forest in 2017 … tallied a career-best two INTs against Texas State in 2019 … earned a career-high three PBUs against New Mexico in 2017 … participated in five bowl games (2017 Belk, 2018 Taxslayer Gator, 2019 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas, 2020 Capital One Orange, and 2023 Birmingham) … played 2,324 career snaps.

2023: Played in four games against Clemson, Lafayette, Northwestern and NC State … lone start came against Lafayette … compiled seven tackles, 0.5 TFL, two INTs, two PBUs and one forced fumble … recorded 1+ tackle in all four games and 2+ tackles in two … posted a season-best three tackles against Clemson … registered INTs in games versus Lafayette and Northwestern … lone caused fumble came against NC State … tallied one PBU against Clemson and Northwestern … on the field for 208 snaps … enrolled at Duke in January, 2023, following transfer from Texas A&M.

PRIOR TO DUKE: Six-year member (2017-18-19-20-21-22) and four-year letterwinner (2017-18-19-20) of the football program at Texas A&M University ... in 49 career games (21 starts) with the Aggies, registered 124 tackles, 6.0 TFL, four INTs, 29 PBUs, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one QB pressure … recorded 4+ tackles on 14 occasions, including a career-high nine tackles against Wake Forest in 2017 … tallied a career-best two INTs versus Texas State in 2019 … earned one caused fumble against Mississippi State in 2019 and one fumble recovery against UCLA in 2017 … carded a career-best three PBUs against New Mexico in 2017 … tied for the team lead with two INTs in 2019 … participated in four bowl games (2017 Belk, 2018 Taxslayer Gator, 2019 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas, and 2020 Capital One Orange) … graduated ranked tied for 10th all-time on the Aggies’ career PBU chart … three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection (2018, 2020 & 2021) … on the field for 2,116 snaps … played for Magnolia West under coach JD Berna ... four-star prospect according to Rivals.com and three-star prospect according to ESPN.com and 247Sports.com … ranked as the No. 30, No. 31 and No. 32 safety nationally by Rivals.com, 247Sports.com and ESPN.com, respectively … charted as the No. 48th best prospect from the state of Texas according to Rivals.com … named Honorable Mention Class 5A All-State selection at defensive back by the Associated Press after making 29 tackles with three INTs and nine PBUs during senior season.

PERSONAL: Born October 6, 1998... graduated from Texas A&M in May 2021, with a degree in university studies with a concentration in business ... added a master’s degree in human resources from the University in May 2023 ... currently pursuing a master’s in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business … son of Orlando and Kimberlyn Jones.