DALLAS – After yet one more spectacular efficiency this previous Thursday, Aggie operating again James Jones has been named the Convention USA Offensive Participant of the Week for Week 5 based mostly on a vote of media members from all through the league.
Within the Aggies’ first midweek sport of the yr, Jones exploded for 155 speeding yards and one landing on 20 carries to assist lead the Aggies to a commanding 34-13 residence victory over Western Kentucky. With this efficiency, Jones turned the primary Aggie rusher to document back-to-back 100-yard video games since Jason Huntley did so in 2019.
Jones has been nothing in need of dominant in his first season with the Aggies as he paces the squad with 510 speeding yards on 77 carries by way of 5 weeks. At present, he’s averaging 102.0 speeding yards per sport to steer all Convention USA gamers and rank 15th within the nation. Moreover, his 510 complete speeding yards ranks sixth within the nation, whereas his 6.6 yards per carry ranks second amongst CUSA rushers and stands at 18th amongst all FBS gamers. The Baltimore native can also be one in every of simply 16 rushers within the nation averaging greater than 100 yards per sport.
In his final 4 sport, Jones has now totaled 479 speeding yards on 66 carries and together with his third 100-yard sport of the season, Jones turns into the primary Aggie again to document three 100-yard video games in a four-game stretch since Jason Huntley in 2019.
Jones has now rushed for 100-plus yards a complete of 13 instances in his collegiate profession, together with going over the century mark in six of his final 9 video games relationship again to his time at Delaware State in 2025.
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