2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 7
Alexander Capka-Jones
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 195
- Major:
- Management
- Hometown:
- Oak Park, Calif.
- High School:
- Oak Park
- Prev School:
- Moorpark College
 University of Illinois Graduate |
2025 Senior
- Played in all 13 games, primarily on special teams
2024 Senior
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in seven games with one start at wide receiver
- Two receptions for 21 yards on the season
- Made his first career start in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl win over #14 South Carolina (12/31/24) and had one catch for five yards
- Caught first-career pass for 16 yards on a key third-down conversion in home win over Michigan State (11/16/24)
2023 Junior
- Did not play in a game and redshirted the season
2022 Sophomore - Moorpark College
- Selected as the team's offensive MVP
- Played in nine games with 36 catches
- Led the team with 541 yards and six touchdowns
- Earned first team All-Southern California Football Association
- Completed associate's degree in communication
2021 Freshman - Moorpark College
- Led Moorpark College in catches (26)
- Recorded 353 receiving yards and one touchdown on the year
- Earned honorable mention all-conference honors
High School
- Played for head coach Casey Webb at Oak Park High School
- Three-year letterwinner in 2018, 2019, and 2020
- Played 27 varsity games in his career, tallying a school-record 136 receptions, 2,129 yards, and 27 touchdowns
- Senior year: 40 receptions, 487 yards, and 7 TDs in just four games (COVID)
- Junior year: 54 receptions, 1,242 yards, 15 TDs in 12 games
- Sophomore year: 400 yards receiving and 5 TDs in 10 games
- Two-time Canyon League Wide Receiver of the Year
- Two-Time first team All-CIF (2019 and 2020) and first team all-state (2020)
- Named Offensive MVP as a junior, and Team MVP as a senior
- Led OPHS to first undefeated regular season in school history (10-0) as a junior in 2019
Personal
- Born Jan. 14, 2003
- Son of Robert Jones and Carol Jones
- Two brothers, Lucas and Nicholas
- Chose Illinois because of "The amazing coaching staff and high-level football."
- Graduated from the University of Illinois in May 2025 with a degree in communication
- Majoring in management (Master's)
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