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  Ty Jones
Ty Jones

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Tampa, FL

High School:
Middleton

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 211

Position:
RB

Experience:
HS

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2010 OUTLOOK
Came on strong at the end of spring practice and figures to push for significant playing time at the tailback position. Enters preseason practice sharing second team honors with Jermaine Thomas while chasing projected starter Chris Thompson. Making strides in an effort to improve his conditioning and get a firm grasp on the offense.

2009:
Played in just six games with three starts and still ranked second on the team with five rushing touchdowns...recorded his first career 100-yard game with a team-high 108 rushing yards and one touchdown in the BYU game...averaged 4.9 yards per carry and 41.8 yards rushing per game on the season...scored four of his five touchdowns in three consecutive games with two vs. Jacksonville State and one in the BYU and USF games...after five games of inactivity reappeared in road win at Wake Forest and logged 21 yards on four carries, including a 9-yard TD run for the opening scorer in a 41-28 victory.

2008:
Showed flashes of brilliance in true freshman season despite being slowed by an ankle injury...had a breakout game in the Champs Sports Bowl when he carried four times for 55 yards and a touchdown...appeared in just four games.

PERSONAL
Rushed for 1,200 yards in back-to-back seasons at Tampa's Middleton High School...scored 16 rushing touchdowns as a senior...started his junior season at quarterback before moving to tailback at midseason...an All-Hillsborough County selection, he earned Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year honors...despite a productive prep career was not highly recruited...chose FSU over Toledo...born June 29, 1990.

RUSHING

G Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C Avg/G
2008 4 11 99 1 31 9.0 24.8
2009 6 51 251 5 47 4.9 41.8
Total 10 62 350 6 78 5.6 35.0

RECEIVING

G Rec Yds TD Lg R/G A/R A/G
2009 6 5 35 0 12 0.8 7.0 5.8
Total 6 5 35 0 12 0.8 7.0 5.8

Career-Highs:
Carries 4, at Maryland and Wisconsin, 2008
Yards 55, Wisconsin, 2008
Longest Run 31, Wisconsin, 2008

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