2021 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 4
Naijee Jones
- Position:
- DB
- Class:
- Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 205
- Hometown:
- Camden, N.J.
- High School:
- Timber Creek
- Major:
- Human Resource Management
2021 Academic All-Big Ten
2020 Academic All-Big Ten
2021 (Senior): Played in seven games with one start at safety ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/14) for the second time ... totaled four tackles with a pass breakup ... appeared in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl versus No. 20 Wake Forest (12/31) ... started at Northwestern (10/16) and recorded four tackles ... broke up a pass versus Delaware (9/18).
2020 (Senior): Played in all nine games with three starts at safety ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/10) ... totaled 32 tackles with a sack, an interception, a forced fumble and a pass breakup ... one of two players on the defense to record a sack, an interception and a forced fumble on the season ... collected a season-high 12 tackles with a forced fumble against Nebraska (12/18) ... recorded first collegiate interception, along with a pass breakup and seven tackles, in the win at Maryland (12/12) ... earned first career start versus Penn State (12/5) and totaled 12 tackles with an assisted sack ... contributed a tackle on special teams against Michigan (11/21).
2019 (Junior): Played in 11 games ... had two tackles ... recorded stop against the run at No. 20 Iowa (9/7) ... made a tackle on kickoff coverage in collegiate debut against Massachusetts (8/30).
2018 (Sophomore): Did not see game action.
2017 (Freshman): Did not see game action.
Prior to Rutgers: Coached by Robert Hinson at Timber Creek … played on both sides of the ball for the Chargers … helped Timber Creek finish 12-0 and secure the NJSIAA South Jersey, Group 4 Championship as a senior … finished 2016 campaign with 53 tackles, four passes defended, two sacks and two interceptions … Third Team All-Group 4 by the Star-Ledger … Third Team All-South Jersey by the Courier-Post … added 41 tackles and two interceptions to contribute to Timber Creek's South Jersey Group 4 Championship in 2015 as a junior … three-star recruit and third-best cornerback in New Jersey by Scout … three-star cornerback by ESPN … 32nd-overall player in the Garden State by 247Sports.
Personal: A human resource management major.
2020 Academic All-Big Ten
2021 (Senior): Played in seven games with one start at safety ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/14) for the second time ... totaled four tackles with a pass breakup ... appeared in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl versus No. 20 Wake Forest (12/31) ... started at Northwestern (10/16) and recorded four tackles ... broke up a pass versus Delaware (9/18).
2020 (Senior): Played in all nine games with three starts at safety ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/10) ... totaled 32 tackles with a sack, an interception, a forced fumble and a pass breakup ... one of two players on the defense to record a sack, an interception and a forced fumble on the season ... collected a season-high 12 tackles with a forced fumble against Nebraska (12/18) ... recorded first collegiate interception, along with a pass breakup and seven tackles, in the win at Maryland (12/12) ... earned first career start versus Penn State (12/5) and totaled 12 tackles with an assisted sack ... contributed a tackle on special teams against Michigan (11/21).
2019 (Junior): Played in 11 games ... had two tackles ... recorded stop against the run at No. 20 Iowa (9/7) ... made a tackle on kickoff coverage in collegiate debut against Massachusetts (8/30).
2018 (Sophomore): Did not see game action.
2017 (Freshman): Did not see game action.
Prior to Rutgers: Coached by Robert Hinson at Timber Creek … played on both sides of the ball for the Chargers … helped Timber Creek finish 12-0 and secure the NJSIAA South Jersey, Group 4 Championship as a senior … finished 2016 campaign with 53 tackles, four passes defended, two sacks and two interceptions … Third Team All-Group 4 by the Star-Ledger … Third Team All-South Jersey by the Courier-Post … added 41 tackles and two interceptions to contribute to Timber Creek's South Jersey Group 4 Championship in 2015 as a junior … three-star recruit and third-best cornerback in New Jersey by Scout … three-star cornerback by ESPN … 32nd-overall player in the Garden State by 247Sports.
Personal: A human resource management major.
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