University of South Alabama Athletics

Jaguar Highlights: Enters preseason practice as the starter at defensive tackle ... Made two tackles for the Red team in the annual spring game, with one of those a sack for a loss of 12 yards.

As A Junior (2012): Presented the Male Perseverance Award at the athletic department’s annual Pete Tolbert Night of Champions ... Appeared in all but one contest ... Had six starts, including each of the last five outings ... Posted 18 stops with two for loss ... Credited with a season-best three tackles in match-ups with Florida Atlantic, Middle Tennessee and Louisiana-Lafayette ... Had a stop behind the line in double-overtime victory over FAU ... Recorded a pair of unassisted tackles in season finale at Hawai’i ... Made two stops in season opener against Texas-San Antonio ... Only tackle in first-ever Sun Belt Conference contest was an assist for loss against Troy.

As A Sophomore (2011): Made six starts while appearing in all 10 contests ... Recorded a team-high seven stops behind the line of scrimmage among his 23 total tackles ... Finished among the top 10 among NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Independent players with 0.70 tackles for loss per game ... Credited with a pair of sacks for a loss of 17 yards, with both coming in program’s first-ever game against an NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision opponent at North Carolina State ... Also broke up one pass and recovered a fumble ... Had career-best four total tackles — including one for loss — at Kent State ... Collected three stops in three of the final four games of the year — at Georgia State, and against Mississippi Valley State and Cal Poly — with one of those for loss in each contest ... Posted two tackles and a pass defensed in Tennessee-Martin victory ... Recorded a pair of stops and a fumble recovery in win over Henderson (Ark.) State.

As A Redshirt Freshman (2010): Missed the opening contest due to an injury suffered in preseason camp, but returned to play in each of the last nine games with four starts ... Paced the Jags with six tackles behind the line of scrimmage — for a loss of 23 yards — while tying for the team lead among defensive linemen with 19 total stops ... Fifteen of those tackles were unassisted ... Blocked kicks in back-to-back games against Georgia State and Henderson (Ark.) State ... Credited with career-high-tying four tackles in consecutive wins over UC Davis and GSU ... Had three solo stops, with a career-best two behind the line including his lone sack of the season, in Kentucky Wesleyan victory ... Also posted three tackles in season-ending win over Arkansas-Monticello ... Collected two unassisted tackles — one was for a loss of seven yards — recovered a fumble and broke up a pass in win at Lamar.

As A Freshman (2009): Played in every game, starting the last two ... Collected 10 total stops, with four of those behind the line for a loss of 23 yards — the latter figure was tied for fourth on the team overall, first among defensive linemen ... Credited with 1½ sacks, one fumble forced and another recovered ... All of his stops came in the final three contests ... Made season-high four tackles, with one for loss, and also forced a fumble in Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy victory ... Had three stops, including 1½ behind the line of scrimmage, in wins over Milford (N.Y.) Academy and Huntingdon (Ala.) College to end the year.

High School Highlights: Helped East St. John HS qualify for the state 5A playoffs in his only year at the school ... Following the season, collected a pair of sacks in the Bayou vs. River Parish All-Star Game ... Also lettered in track for the Wildcats in the spring.

Personal: Full name is Romelle C. Jones ... Born Feb. 8, 1991, in Kenner, La. ... Son of Robert Jr. and Arnetta Jones ... Youngest of three children ... Favorite movie is “Step Brothers” ... Favorite book is “Rumble Fish” ... Favorite player is Ray Lewis ... Favorite musical artist is Lil Wayne ... Favorite food is macaroni and cheese ... Enjoys playing video games and basketball in his free time ... Would like to start a business in the future ... A leisure studies major.