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
Bio
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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