2022 Football Roster

Jones, Khalid
Jersey Number 44

Khalid Jones

  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    230
  • Position:
    LB
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Greenville, South Carolina
  • High School:
    Byrnes

2021 Junior:

  • Appeared in the first four games, starting two, before suffering a season-ending injury

2020 Sophomore:

  • Appeared in three games
  • Recorded a career-high two tackles as part of Northwestern's 43-3 victory over Maryland (10/24)

2019 Redshirt First-Year

  • Saw action in the win vs. UMass (11/16)

2018 First-Year

  • Appeared in one game, making his collegiate debut against Wisconsin (10/27)

High School: 

  • Four-star prospect verbally committed to Northwestern on June 14, 2017 
  • No. 12 inside linebacker (ESPN) and No. 8 player in the state of South Carolina (247Sports) 
  • Four-time letter winner and two-time Team Captain
  • 61 tackles, one sack, four QB hurries, eight TFL, one forced fumble, three PBUs and one INT as a senior
  • 115 tackles, 14 TFL, three QB hurries, two FF, two FR, two sacks and two PBUs as a junior
  • Named Most Valuable Player of the NC/SC Shrine Bowl Game 
  • All-Region and All-State selection in 2016 and 2017
  • Wendy's High School Heisman-School Winner 
  • 2017 Butkus Award High School nominee 
  • Spartanburg Herald All-Area Defense 
  • Listed on ESPN's top 300 juniors list
  • Helped lead team to a South Carolina 1A State Championship as a freshman 
  • Earned Max Preps Football Freshman All-American honors 
  • FNF South Carolina All-Class 1A Team 
  • Adidas Freshman All-American 
  • Honor roll student 
  • Palmetto Boys State Senator
  • National Latin Honor Society member 
  • National Junior Classical League and South Carolina Junior Classical Society 
  • Intends to major in biology

Pronunciation: KA-lid

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