University of Maryland Athletics

JONES' HONOR ROLL

• 2019 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten
• 2019 Third Team Phil Steele All-Big Ten
• 2019 Team Captain

As a Senior (2019): Started all 12 games ... Honorable Mention All-Big Ten selection ... Team captain ... Led Maryland and ranked 27th in the nation (seventh in the Big Ten) with 15.0 tackles for loss ... Also led the Terps with seven sacks, three forced fumbles and three quarterback hits ... Third on team with 74 tackles and second with 49 solo stops ... Had a tackle for loss in 11 of 12 games ... Top 60 in country in sacks per game (0.58) ... In final game as Terp, notched career-best 11 tackles (seven solo) and led the team with 1.5 tackles for loss ... Matched then career high with 10 tackles (seven solo) on senior day vs. Nebraska (11/23), securing 1.5 tackles for loss ... Notched a sack, forced fumble and eight tackles (four solo) against former team in return at #1 Ohio State (11/9) ... Managed a career-best two pass breakups with six tackles (five solo) including one for loss vs. #14 Michigan (11/2) ... Tallied four tackles, two for loss, an 11-yard sack and first career fumble recovery at Purdue (10/12) ... Recorded career-high 10 tackles (five solo) with 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack at Rutgers (10/5) ... Recorded fourth straight game with tackle for loss vs. #12 Penn State (9/27) ... Had career day vs. #21 Syracuse (9/7): forcing a fumble, totaling a career-high two sacks and securing a career-best eight tackles ... Earned first career start and totaled four tackles and 1.5 sacks in Maryland debut vs. Howard (8/31). 

At Ohio State: Keandre Jones spent three full seasons with the Ohio State program and played in a total of 34 games … he elected to transfer from Ohio State to Maryland during the 2019 winter semester and will have one year of eligibility … he played in all 14 games in both 2017 and 2018 when the Buckeyes won back-to-back Big Ten Conference championships … he was also a part of bowl game victories those years, respectively, over No. 8 USC in the Cotton Bowl and over No. 9 Washington in the Rose Bowl … he was a two-time Varsity O letterwinner … Jones finished his career with 29 total tackles, including 10 stops in 2018 … he also had 1.5 tackles-for-loss, a quarterback sack, one pass break-up and a blocked punt, leading to a safety, in the 2018 victory over No. 15 TCU … he totaled 15 tackles in 2017 and he played in five games during the 2016 season as a true freshman … he was majoring in communications.

More on Keandre: Two-time all-Maryland and Washington Post all-metro team member Keandre Jones was a 5-star prospect according to Rivals with ESPN, Scout and 247Sports all rating him a 4-star prospect … he was a Top 10 outside linebacker recruit nationally with ESPN ranking him No. 3, Rivals No. 6 and 247Sports No. 8 … he was also considered among the Top 30 players in the nation overall by both ESPN (No. 28 overall on the ESPN 300) and Rivals (No. 30 on the Rivals 100) … a member of the Prepstar Dream Team … Jones helped coach Bob Milloy and his Good Counsel team to a 7-4 season in 2015 by recording 119 tackles, four quarterback sacks and two interceptions – both returned for touchdowns – and repeated as a consensus all-state pick … totaled 77 tackles as a junior with nine sacks for a 10-2 team that was runner-up in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference … named to the USA Today all-Maryland football team and an Under Armour All-American after senior season … is the son of Lauren Middleton.

JONES' CAREER HIGHS
Tackles - 11 (at Michigan State, 11/30/19) 
Solo Tackles - 7 (3x, last at Michigan State, 11/30/19)  
Sacks - 2 (#21 Syracuse, 9/7/19)
Tackles for Loss - 2 (2x, last at Purdue, 10/12/19)
Forced Fumbles - 1 (3x, last at Michigan State, 11/30/19)
Fumble Recoveries - 1 (at Purdue, 10/12/19)
Pass Breakups - 2 (#14 Michigan, 11/2/19)