Quick Facts
Biography
Emory Jones (born April 29, 2000) is an American football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bearcats. Jones began his college football career at Florida in 2018 before transferring to Arizona State in 2022.
Early life and high school
Jones grew up in LaGrange, Georgia, and attended Heard County High School. As a senior, he completed 61 of 103 passes for 1,197 yards and 10 touchdowns while also rushing for 494 yards and six touchdowns. Jones was rated a four star recruit and initially committed to play college football at Ohio State over offers from Clemson and Tennessee. He decommitted from Ohio State and instead signed to play at Florida.
College career
Florida
Jones played in four games before redshirting his true freshman season, completing 12 of 16 pass attempts for 125 yards and two touchdowns. As a redshirt freshman, he completed 25 of 38 pass attempts for 267 yards and three touchdowns and also rushed 42 times for 256 yards and four touchdowns. He continued to be used in package plays while also serving as the backup to starter Kyle Trask.
Jones was the Gators' starting quarterback to start their 2021 season.
On March 18, 2022, Jones confirmed to his coaches that he would be entering the transfer portal.
Arizona State
On May 5, 2022, Jones transferred to Arizona State.
On December 12, 2022, Jones entered the transfer portal again.
Cincinnati
On December 21, 2022, Jones committed to Cincinnati under new Head Coach Scott Satterfield.
Statistics
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| Florida Gators | |||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 4 | — | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 125 | 10.3 | 2 | 0 | 181.9 | 18 | 41 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 11 | — | 25 | 38 | 65.8 | 267 | 8.6 | 3 | 0 | 150.9 | 42 | 256 | 6.1 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 9 | — | 18 | 32 | 56.3 | 221 | 6.8 | 2 | 1 | 128.6 | 32 | 217 | 6.8 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 13 | 6–6 | 224 | 346 | 64.7 | 2,734 | 7.9 | 19 | 13 | 141.7 | 143 | 759 | 5.3 | 4 | |
| Arizona State Sun Devils | |||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 8 | 1–6 | 125 | 199 | 62.8 | 1,533 | 7.7 | 7 | 4 | 135.1 | 59 | 31 | 0.5 | 4 | |
| Cincinnati Bearcats | |||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career | 45 | 7−12 | 404 | 631 | 64.0 | 4,880 | 7.7 | 33 | 18 | 140.5 | 294 | 1,304 | 4.4 | 14 | |