2018 Football Roster
Kedarian Jones
- Position:
- WR
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
- Prev School:
- Kimball High School
Career
Played in 49 games, making 13 starts … Had 63 receptions for 972 yards and seven TD … Had a career-long reception of 65 yards … Had 15 multi-catch games ... Also had three total tackles (1 solo) and one forced fumble as a member of the special teams unit.
Honors (Academic/Athletic)
Tiger 3.0 Club for the 2018 spring semester.
2019 (Redshirt Senior)
Played in all 14 games with 10 starts including a start in the 84th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic ... More than doubled his total career receptions with 39 ... Finished with a career-high 609 receiving yards including a long catch of 65 yards against Southern on Sept. 7 ... Scored four receiving touchdowns ... First receiving TD of the season came at South Alabama on Sept. 14 ... Pulled in a career-high 99 receiving yards at USF with a long catch of 50 yards and a TD ... made two pass attempts, one at ULM and one against Penn State in the Cotton Bowl ... His pass in the Cotton Bowl was a 25 yard completion to QB Brady White ... had five games with at least four catches ... Finished with 10 rushing yards on two carries.
2018 (Redshirt Junior)
Played in all 14 games, including the Birmingham Bowl … Registered nine receptions for 90 yards and one TD … Had a season-long reception of 15 yards … Logged two total stops (1 solo) and one forced fumble on special teams ... Hauled in a career-high four receptions for 48 yards in a win at SMU ... His 48 yards were a season-high ... Had two of his four catches vs SMU on a key second-half drive that resulted in a TD ... The score increased a 14-12 lead to 21-12 early in the fourth quarter ... Collected his two total stops (1 solo) and forced fumble vs the Mustangs ... His forced fumble came on an SMU fake punt in the second quarter ... Tigers recovered the fumble at the SMU 21-yard line, setting up the Memphis offense with a short field ... Three plays later, Memphis scored a TD to take a 7-3 lead ... Scored his only TD of season on a 3-yard TD pass from Brady White in the season opener vs Mercer ... Recorded his season-long catch of 15 yards at Missouri ... Logged first career rush (-3 yards) in regular-season game vs UCF.
2017 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Saw action in all 13 games, including the AutoZone Liberty Bowl … Caught eight passes for 152 yards and one TD … Had a season-long reception of 37 yards … Season-long catch came on a 37-yard TD toss from Riley Ferguson in the home win over Tulane … His score put Memphis ahead 35-0 early in the second quarter … Had a 21-yard reception in a home win over Southern Illinois … Hauled in a 22-yard catch vs Iowa State in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl … Member of the most prolific receiving corps in school history with over 4,000 receiving yards.
2016 (Redshirt Freshman)
Saw game action in eight contests, including the Boca Raton Bowl … Made two starts … Hauled in seven catches for 121 yards and one TD … Saw his first collegiate action in a home win over Bowling Green … Recorded first collegiate reception for 19 yards vs the Falcons … Had a season-high two catches vs Tulsa, SMU and Houston … Pulled in his first collegiate TD pass vs Tulsa, a 12-yarder to bring Memphis to within seven at 28-21 midway through the second quarter … Had a season-long 43-yard catch at SMU … The reception set up a Jake Elliott FG late in the fourth quarter … His two receptions (27 yards) in the regular-season finale vs Houston came on Memphis’ second scoring drive of the game … The second reception for 10 yards moved the ball to the Cougars 2-yard line (Doroland Dorceus scored a TD two plays later).
2015 (Freshman)
Redshirted ... Member of the 2015 squad that went 9-4 and played in the Birmingham Bowl.
High School
Played for head coach Carlton Nelson at Kimball High School ... Two-year letterwinner ... Helped lead the Knights to a University Interscholastic League (UIL) Class 5A Region II District 13 runner-up finish in 2014 ... The 2014 Kimball High School squad posted a 7-4 overall record and a 5-1 district mark ... The Knights advanced to the UIL Class 5A Division I playoffs first round ... Selected to the 2014 UIL 13-5A All-District first team at wide receiver … Earned the 2014 13-5A District Receiver of the Year honor … As a junior in 2013, Kimball High School played in UIL Region II District 11 ... Selected to the 2013 UIL 11-4A All-District first team at wide receiver ... Also named the district’s Receiver of the Year ... In 2013, helped the Knights to a 7-5 overall record and a first-round appearance in the UIL Class 4A Division I playoffs ... Over playing career, had 69 receptions for 1,602 yards and 25 TD … Caught 36 passes for 1,026 yards and 17 TD as a senior in 2014 … Against Mansfield Lake Ridge, had four catches for 147 yards and two TD … As a junior, had 33 catches for 576 yards and eight TD … Also lettered three seasons at forward for the Knights basketball team.
Personal
Son of Sherisha Steele … Has a younger sister, Taylor, and a younger brother, Devonyea … Born in Dallas ... Birthday is September 4 ... Interdisciplinary studies major.
