2015 Football Roster
Tevin Jones
- Position:
- WR
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 225
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- League City, Texas
- HS:
- Clear Creek HS
- Prev School:
- Clear Creek HS
At Memphis: Appeared in 51 career games for the Tigers, including 27 starts ... Had 90 career catches for 1,215 yards and nine touchdowns ... Also had nine career rushes for 45 yards ... Played all 13 games for Memphis in both his junior and senior seasons ... Averaged 13.5 yards per catch over his career and 1.8 catches per game in 51 games ... Also a special teams standout at Memphis who has five total tackles, one punt return for a touchdown (2012) and two blocked punts during playing career ... Earned Tiger 3.0 list recognition for the Spring 2012 and Fall 2012 semesters.
2015 (Senior): Appeared in all 13 games in his final campaign at Memphis, grabbing 22 catches for 316 yards and four touchdowns ... Added nine rushes for 45 yards ... Had three catches for 98 yards and a touchdown in the comeback road win at Bowling Green, including a 48 yard catch in the fourth quarter that tied the game at 41-41 with 11:19 to play ... Added four catches for 64 yards in the league-opening win against Cincinnati, including a 21 yard catch ... Tied his season high with four catches for 77 yards and two touchdowns in the road win at Tulsa, including a career-best 58 yard catch in the first quarter to open scoring in an eventual 66-42 win ... Also scored the Tigers' last touchdown in the win with a five-yard catch in the fourth quarter ... The two touchdowns against Tulsa was his first career game with multiple touchdown catches. Â
2014 (Junior): Ranked third on the Memphis team in both receptions and receiving yards … Caught 33 passes for 442 yards including three receptions for touchdowns … Also had one tackle and blocked a punt during the year … Played in all 13 games, starting 10 contests … Started all eight American Athletic Conference games as the Tigers captured the program’s first league title since 1971 … Had at least one reception in every regular season game played … Caught four passes for 31 yards in the Tigers’ season-opening, 63-0 win over Austin Peay … The 63 points in the victory marked the fourth-most points scored by a Memphis team … Against No. 11 UCLA in the Rose Bowl, caught three passes for 74 yarders … Caught a season-best, 33-yard pass to help set up a touchdown that cut a Bruins’ second-quarter lead to 28-21 … Began American play by catching a total of 16 passes for 212 yards and two touchdowns in the Tigers’ first three league games … In the conference-opening win at Cincinnati caught five passes for 70 yards … Nine-yard touchdown strike from Paxton Lynch on the Tigers’ first offensive series of the game tied the game at 7-7 … Also had back-to-back receptions of 17 and 12 yards early in the second quarter of another scoring drive … The 17-yard reception came with the Tigers facing third-and-five from the Cincinnati 42 … Scored Memphis’ first points of the Houston game with the second of two, 18-yard receptions … Finished the Houston game with a career-high six receptions for 72 yards and the score … Caught five passes for 70 yards in the SMU victory as Memphis began a seven-game win streak to end the season … Caught two passes for 34 yards in homecoming win over Tulsa … In addition to catching two passes for 18 yards, blocked a Temple punt in the second quarter … With the block, Memphis took possession at the Temple 31 and would later kick a field goal for the Tigers’ first points in the defensive battle … Caught a 12-yard pass down to the Temple 31 on the Tigers’ game-winning drive in Philadelphia … Caught two passes for 52 yards including a 30-yarder at Tulane … Gave Memphis a 27-3 lead in the third quarter with a 12-yard touchdown reception in the Tigers’ victory over UConn to claim an American Athletic Conference title … … Played in Memphis’ first bowl game since 2008 as the Tigers culminated the season with a victory in the inaugural Miami Beach Bowl.
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2013 (Sophomore):Â Caught 25 passes for 292 yards and a touchdown as a sophomore during the 2013 season ... Ranked fourth on the squad in receptions and fifth in receiving yards ... Averaged 11.7 yards per catch ... Had six, multi-reception games including four of the first five contests ... Caught at least one pass in 11 of 12 games during 2013 season ... Also had two runs for 12 yards during the year ... Saw action in all 12 games, starting seven contests including the Tigers' first four games ... Had two receptions for 49 yards in the Tigers' opener against Duke ... His 45-yard reception in the fourth quarter helped set up a game-tying touchdown ... The 45-yard reception was the second longest by a Tiger receiver during the year ... With the Tigers' trailing 17-15 with less than a minute to play, converted a third-down pass for 10 yards and a first down to the Middle Tennessee 36 before the series ended three plays later when the clock expired ... Had a season-high five receptions for 55 yards in addition to a four-yard run against Middle Tennessee ... A 12-yard reception early in the second quarter of the MTSU game moved the Tigers into the red zone and a drive which resulted in Memphis' first points ... Late in the third quarter of the MTSU game had a 17-yard catch that moved the Tigers into Blue Raider territory and the end result of the series was a touchdown with 13:38 to play that gave Memphis a 15-14 lead ... Began American Athletic Conference play with four receptions each in the Tigers' first two league games ... Had four catches for season-high 63 yards against UCF in the teams' inaugural American Athletic Conference contest ... A 21-yard catch early in the fourth quarter moved the ball into the red zone against the Knights and helped set up a go-ahead touchdown that put the Tigers up 17-10 with 12:59 to play ... With the Tigers trailing 24-17 in the UCF game with just over a minute to play, caught a 24-yard pass to move the ball into the red zone before the series ended with a turnover ... Had four catches for 49 yards including a 23-yard reception at Houston Caught three passes for 27 yards in nationally-televised game against Cincinnati, including a seven-yard touchdown pass to give the Tigers a 7-0, first-quarter lead.
2012 (Redshirt Freshman):Â Played in all 12 games as a redshirt freshman, seeing playing time not only at wide receiver but also on special teams ... During the year caught 10 passes for 165 yards and a touchdown while also carrying the ball 10 times for 32 rushing yards and a score ... On special teams blocked a punt, recovered another punt for a touchdown and was credited with a tackle ... For the year had eight special teams knock downs and was credited with three exceptional plays ... Blocked a third-quarter punt against UT Martin early in the third quarter ... The following week recovered an Anthony Watson-blocked punt in the end zone for a touchdown at Arkansas State ... Caught his first career pass, a four-yard reception, at Duke ... Also scored on a two-yard run against the Blue Devils, his first career rushing attempt ... In the Tigers' Conference USA win over Rice had three carries for 11 yards and posted his first multi-reception game - two catches for five yards ... Over the Tigers' three-game win streak to end the season had five receptions for 140 yards and a score while rushing for 18 yards ... Hauled in a 52-yard touchdown to break a third-quarter tie as the Tigers went on to beat Tulane 37-23 ... Had a career-high four receptions for 88 yards while also setting new career standards with three rushing attempts for 19 yards in the Tigers' season-ending win over Southern Miss ... Had a nine-yard reception and ran for nine yards on the Tigers' first offensive series ... Had an eight-yard run to the USM 30 on a Memphis scoring series which put the Tigers up 14-3 in the second quarter ... A 38-yard pass reception to convert a third-and-eight play from the USM 47 set up another Memphis touchdown to put the Blue & Gray up 28-10.
2011 (Freshman):Â Played in one game as a true freshman ... Received a redshirt following the season.
Clear Creek High School:Â Played at Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas, under head coach Darrell Warden ... Two-year letterwinner at wide receiver for the Wildcats ... Named all-area and all-region in helping Clear Creek post a 9-3 overall record ... Hauled in 34 catches for 610 yards (17.9 yards-per-catch average) and six TD as senior ... Had 39 catches for 509 yards (13.1 average) and six TD as a junior ... Also had one rushing TD and one punt return TD his junior campaign ... Lettered in track ... Posted a 4.2 GPA.
Personal:Â Son of Barbara Landon ... Born Dec. 26, 1992, in Amory, Miss. ... Interdisciplinary Studies major.
