Markell Jones

Markell Jones
Purdue Boilermakers No. 8
Position Running back
Class Sophomore
Major Professional Flight Technology
Career history
College
High school Columbus (IN) East
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-09-26) September 26, 1996
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Markell A. Jones (born September 26, 1996) is an American football running back for the Purdue Boilermakers. He rushed for 72 yards and a touchdown on twelve carries (6.0 yards per carry) in his first college game on September 6, 2015.

Early years

A native of Columbus, Indiana,[1] Jones attended Columbus East High School in that city.[2] As a high school junior in 2013, he rushed for over 2,600 yards and 42 touchdowns while helping Columbus East to a state championship. On June 24 2014, Jones committed to playing football at Purdue University with an announcement on Twitter.[3] Jones state, "Just because there's no other place an nother school that is better for than Purdue."[3] Jones also announced his plans to enroll at Purdue in January, 2015.[3] As a high school senior in 2014, he rushed for a state record of 3,565 yards and 60 touchdowns and completed two passes for 80 yards and two touchdowns.[2] Jones' record-shattering year concluded with the winning of the Indiana Mr. Football Award.[4]

Purdue University

2015 season

Jones set a true freshman record with 875 rushing yards and 11 total touchdowns at Purdue.[5]

2016 season

Prior to the start of the 2016 season, Jones was named to the Doak Walker Award watch list.[6]

Statistics

Source:[7]

NCAA Collegiate Career statistics
Purdue Boilermakers
Season Rushing Receiving
Att Yards Avg Yds/G TD Rec Yards TD
2015 168 875 5.2 72.9 10 34 239 1
2016 153 616 4.0 56.0 4 32 215 0
NCAA Career Totals 321 1,491 4.6 64.8 14 66 387 1

References

  1. ↑ Mike Carmin (August 19, 2015). "Purdue RB Markell Jones benefits from early arrival". www.jconline.com. Lafayette Journal & Courier. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Markell Jones". www.purduesports.com. Purdue University. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Mike Carmin (June 25, 2014). "Purdue adds All-State RB to 2015 recruiting class". www.indystar.com. Indianapolis Star. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  4. ↑ Kyle Neddenriep (December 12, 2014). "Top Gun: Markell Jones is 2014 IndyStar Mr. Football". www.indystar.com. Indianapolis Star. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  5. ↑ Mike Carmin (December 28, 2015). "Purdue's Markell Jones unsatisfied after rookie season". www.indystar.com. Indianapolis Star. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Purdue's Jones named to Doak Walker watch list". www.wlfi.com. Primeland LLC. July 14, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Markell Jones". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2016.

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