2018 Prospect Preview: Alabama S Hootie Jones excels in coverage

TUSCALOOSA, AL - OCTOBER 22: Trayveon Williams #5 of the Texas A&M Aggies rushes into Hootie Jones #6 of the Alabama Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium on October 22, 2016 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

  • Alabama senior S Hootie Jones led all draft-eligible safeties with his forced incompletion percentage by just allowing 35.3 percent of his targets to be completed.
  • Jones also ranked No. 12 in snaps in coverage per target (17.88) and No. 3 in snaps in coverage per reception allowed (43.43) among that same group of safeties in 2016.
  • At 6-foot-2, 215-pounds, Jones has no problem tackling bigger receivers and running backs, as evidenced in his seventh-ranked tackling efficiency in the 2018 draft class.
  • Jones’ coverage ability has yet to translate into success against the run. He totaled just one run stop on 119 snaps (0.8 percent) against the run in 2016.

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