University of South Alabama Athletics

Jaguar Highlights: Selected preseason third-team all-Sun Belt Conference by both Phil Steele Publications and Athlon Sports ...  Slated to start at running back for the second year in a row.

As A Junior (2013): An honorable mention all-Sun Belt Conference selection his first season with the program, earning third-team all-league recognition from College Sports Madness as well ... Led the Jaguars in rushing with 737 yards — the second-highest season total in program history — finishing second in total offense and all-purpose yards as well while starting all 12 contests ... Ranked sixth in the Sun Belt in rushing ... Caught 18 passes, the highest total by a Jaguar running back, for 135 yards ... Scored five touchdowns, all on the ground ... Carried nine times for 92 yards in his USA debut, including a season-long 57 yards run ... Ended the season with back-to-back 100-yard efforts, the first of his career ... Finished with 102 yards on 17 attempts in win at Georgia State, then posted 105 yards on 19 carries in the season finale — a victory over SBC co-champion Louisiana-Lafayette — to be named the league’s Offensive Player of the Week ... Recorded a career-high 137 all-purpose yards in Homecoming win over Kent State, rushing for 99 yards and a score on 13 carries to go along with a 38-yard reception ... Rushed for 64 yards on 11 attempts in victory at Tulane, then the following week paced the Jags with 49 yards and a touchdown in defeat of Western Kentucky ... Rushed for 62 yards on 17 attempts in win over Louisiana-Monroe ... Collected 81 all-purpose yards at Troy, with career highs of four catches for 43 yards and 38 yards on the ground ... Finished with multiple receptions in three straight games with three at Texas State, and two against both Arkansas State and Navy.

Junior College Highlights (2010-12): In 2010, earned National Junior College Athletic Association Freshman All-American honors after gaining 920 yards on 149 carries at Northwest Mississippi CC ... Also caught 27 passes for 281 yards, scoring 11 total touchdowns ... Ranked 11th nationally in yards per game on the ground and 21st in scoring ... Efforts helped the Rangers win the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) North Division championship; NWMCC was sixth in the final NJCAA rankings with a 9-1 mark ... Among the top 50 nationally in the fall of 2012 in rushing after collecting 504 yards and three touchdowns at Northeast Mississippi CC ... Added 11 receptions for 150 yards and a score as well ... Carried 29 times for 157 yards — both season-high totals — and a score in win at Jones County (Miss.) JC the second week of the season, adding three catches for 33 yards and a touchdown ... The next week he recorded another 126 yards on the ground and a touchdown against Holmes (Miss.) CC ... Posted 83 yards and a score in the season opener against Copiah-Lincoln (Miss.) CC, also catching three passes for 23 yards ... Had season-long 51-yard reception against East Mississippi CC.

High School Highlights: A three-year letterwinner in both football and track at Horn Lake HS ... Was part of the Eagles’ 4x100- and 4x200-meter relay teams that won 6A state titles.

Personal: Full name is Justin Wanya Jones ... Born June 18, 1992 ... Son of Bill and Ann Jones ... Favorite movie is “Soul Men” ... Favorite team is the San Francisco 49ers ... Favorite athletes are LaMichael James and LeBron James ... Favorite musical artist is Yo Gotti, Lil’ Boosie and Robin Thicke ... Favorite subject is physical education ... Likes to play video games, raise dogs, hunt and fish in his free time ... Would like to coach in the future ... Recruited by Purdue and Memphis out of high school ... Recruited by Mississippi and Mississippi State following his freshman year, and Arkansas State and Troy at the end of his junior-college career ... An interdisciplinary studies major.