2010 -- Was a Second Team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference selection ... Started all 11 games for the Sycamores at tight end … Caught 30 passes
for 545 yards and four touchdowns on the year … Season long 68-yard touchdown
pass caught at Youngstown State … Had nine multi-catch games … Season best five
pass receptions for 147 yards at YSU … Had two touchdowns at YSU and one each
at Cincinnati and against Illinois State …. Ranked 17th in the
league with 2.73 receptions per game … Had 49.55 receiving yards per game,
which ranked 12th in the league … One rush for 59 yards against
Missouri State. Named the league Offensive Player Of The Week following the
Youngstown State contest.
2009 -- Team's second leading receiving tight end, hauling in five catches for 54 yards, an average of 10.8 yards per reception ... Caught a 32-yard pass at Missouri State ... Was credited with one special team's tackle ... Caught three passes for 40 yards at Missouri State as well as two for 14 yards against Southern Illinois.
2008 -- Saw action in 11 contests, posting five catches for 37 yards, an average of 7.4 yards per catch ... Recorded a season-best 11-yard pass reception at Youngstown State ... Caught two passes for 16 yards against Northern Illinois and was the recipient of two more for 10 yards versus Northern Iowa ... Made a pair of special teams tackles.
High School -- Three-sport letterwinner ... Was named Associated Press All-State as a junior at the safety position ... As a senior, earned AP All-State plaudits as a runningback ... Earned All-Area Player of the Year honors as a senior ... Posted 88 tackles, including 66 solos and three interceptions as a junior ... During his senior season, rushed for 1,497 yards and 22 touchdowns while also posting 180 receiving yards with a touchdown ... Also saw action on defense, recording 78 total tackles, including 16 for losses ... Played for coach Matt Holera.
Personal -- Born Richard Alexander Jones on May 7, 1990 to Melinda Sekse and Richard Jones in Richmond, Ind. ... Majoring in Marketing.
