Darrion Jones

Wyoming

Sep 20 (Sat)

8:15 p.m.

Photo by: Andy Schlichting

Photo by: Benko Photographics

Position:
Tight End
Height:
6-6
Weight:
250
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Compton, Calif.
High School:
Carson
Prev School:
Los Angeles Harbor College

Updated Nov. 23, 2019

AT COLORADO:
This Season (Sr.):

Entered the transfer portal in October.
Played in four games the first half of the season, missing the Air Force and Arizona State games due to injury.

Caught three passes for 18 yards combined in the two scrimmages and spring game.

2018 (Jr.)—Played in seven games and dressed in all 12 … Primarily a blocking tight end and H-Back … Moved up to second on the depth chart by the end of the season … Came to CU with three years to play two in eligibility.

JUNIOR COLLEGE—He was ranked by 247Sports.com as a 3-star prospect, the No. 77 junior college prospect in the country and the No. 6 tight end … Rivals.com rated him as a 3-star prospect … Named a California Community College All-American … Garnered first-team Southern California Football Association Central League honors as a sophomore and was a second-team selection as a freshman … Under coach Dean Dowty, LAHC went 2-8 his sophomore year and 1-9 as a freshman … In his JUCO career he played in 17 games and totaled 55 receptions for 973 yards and eight touchdowns … In eight games as a sophomore he had 41 receptions for 795 yards and five touchdowns … Ranked second in the conference in receiving yards, third in yards per game, ninth in receptions, 16th in yards per catch and 13th in touchdowns … As a freshman, he had 14 catches for 178 yards and three touchdowns … Top games as a sophomore: in a 41-31 loss to Chaffey College, he had nine catches for 232 yards and three touchdowns and was named the Southern California Football Association Co-Offensive Player of the Week; posted six catches for 161 yards and a touchdown at Mt. San Antonio College in the second to last game of the season … The last three games of the season he had 21 receptions for 467 yards and five touchdowns while averaging 22.2 yards per catch.

HIGH SCHOOL—A two-way player at tight end and defensive end … Under coach Kevin McCall, the Colts went 4-7 his senior year and 10-4 as a junior where the Colts fell in the 2014 CIF Los Angeles City Section Championship game to Narbonne, 33-20.

ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado.

PERSONAL—He was born June 20, 1997 in Los Angeles, Calif. … Hobbies include working out and going to the beach … Is fond of his hometown of Compton because it helped him growing up in a rough neighborhood to teach him to earn everything he got and motivate him to be successful.