2018 Football Roster
Jersey Number 88
Brandon Jones
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 240
- Position:
- TE
- Hometown:
- Columbia, Mo.
- High School:
- Hickman
2018 Sophomore
- Member of the Illinois team
2017 Redshirt Freshman
- Member of the Illinois squad
2016 Freshman
- Redshirted the 2016 season
High School
- Three-star recruit by 247 Sports, ESPN and Scout
- Ranked the No. 72 defensive end nationally by 247 Sports
- Ranked among the top 20 recruits in Missouri by 247 Sports (No. 14) and ESPN.com (No. 20)
- Earned all-district honors as DE and TE in 2015
- Earned four varsity letters in football
- High school coach was Arnel Monroe
Personal
- Born April 22, 1998
- Full name is Brandon Palmer O’Neill Jones
- Son of Brian and Mary Kay Jones
- Father was an offensive lineman at UConn and spent 15 years as the running backs coach at Missouri (2001-15)
- Has on older brother, Grant, and one younger sister, Audrey
- Brother, Grant Jones, plays linebacker at Missouri
- Says he chose Illinois because it “felt like a home away from home”
- Lists NFL DE J.J. Watt as his favorite athlete because “he is a defensive role model on and off the field”
- Enrolled in general curriculum
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