2005 General Roster
Roster
Kareem Jones
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 211
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lansingburgh, NY
- High School:
- Lansingburgh
At SU:
Two letters … Redshirted in 2004.Sophomore Year (2006): Played in all but one game ... At South Florida, Jones returned two kicks for 45 yards, including a season-long of 30 yards … At Cincinnati, he returned two kicks for 43 yards … Against Louisville, Jones returned one kick for 18 yards … At West Virginia, he returned one kick for 24 yards … Against Wyoming, Jones returned two kicks for 39 yards
Freshman Year (2005): Was one of 36 players to see action in all 11 games … Finished the season ranked fifth on SU’s record list for kickoff return yards by a freshman (398) and ninth on the SU single-season kickoff return list (23.4 yards per return) … Ranked fourth in the BIG EAST and 48th nationally in kick return average (23.4) … Ran the ball 40 times for 99 yards … Had five receptions for 43 yards … Played in the first game of his career against West Virginia … Against West Virginia, rushed three times for 14 yards, caught one pass for two yards and returned one kick for 19 yards … Against Buffalo, ran the ball for 56 yards on 14 carries … Against Virginia, had three yards rushing one two attempts, caught an eight yard reception and returned a kick 35 yards … At Florida State, had five rushes for 10 yards and had two receptions for 21 yards … At Connecticut, returned one kick for a gain of 26 yards … Against Rutgers, had three kick returns for a total of 102 yards, including one for 48 yards … At Pittsburgh, returned two kicks for a total of 11 yards and had three yards rushing on one attempt … Against Cincinnati, had a career-long kick return of 52-yards and had six yards on three carries … Against South Florida, returned two kickoffs for a total of 33 yards … At Notre Dame, returned two kicks for 45 yards and had four rushes for two yards … At Louisville, had six carries for five yards, one reception for 12 yards and one kickoff return for 16 yards.
High School: 2003 New York State Class B Player of the Year … 2002 and 2003 all-state selection … Albany Times-Union Offensive Player of the Year and a first-team selection in 2003 … 2003 PrepStar All-East Region selection … Rated the No. 8 prospect in New York by Rivals.com … Rated No. 9 among prospects in New York by SuperPrep … Rushed for 6,092 yards in his career … Recorded 2,596 rushing yards and 43 touchdowns in 2003 … Ran for 1,310 yards and 28 touchdowns as a junior … Recruited by former assistant coach Dennis Goldman.
Personal: Kareem E. Jones … Born December 21, 1985 … Son of Willie and Jill Jones … Majoring in communications and rhetorical studies.
| Jones' Career Statistics | |||||||||
| Year | Att. | Yards | Avg. | TDs | Long | X | |||
| 2005 |
40 |
99 |
2.5 |
0 |
11 |
X | |||
| Jones' Career Statistics | |||||||||
| Year | Recpt. | Yards | Avg. | TDs | Long | X | |||
| 2005 |
5 |
43 |
8.6 |
0 |
19 |
X | |||
| Jones' Career Statistics | |||||||||
| Year | KO Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TDs | Long | X | |||
| 2005 |
17 |
398 |
23.4 |
0 |
52 | ||||
| 2006 |
10 |
200 |
20.0 |
0 |
30 | ||||
| Totals |
27 |
598 |
22.2 |
0 |
52 |
X | |||
| Jones' Career Bests | |||||||||
| Rushing | Yards | 56 vs. Buffalo, 2005 | X | ||||||
| Carries | 14 vs. Buffalo, 2005 | X | |||||||
| Long | 14 vs. West Virginia, 2005 | ||||||||
| Receiving | Yards | 12 vs. Louisville, 2005 | |||||||
| Recptions | 2 vs. Florida State, 2005 | ||||||||
| Long | 19 vs. Florida State, 2005 | ||||||||
| Kick Ret. | 3 vs. Rutgers, 2005 | ||||||||
| Yards | 102 vs. Rutgers, 2005 | ||||||||
| Long | 52 vs. Cincinnati, 2005 | ||||||||
