2019 Football Roster
Amare Jones
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Frisco, Texas
- High School:
- Frisco Heritage HS
2019: Played in all 13 games and made six starts...Finished the year with 1,611 all-purpose yards, which ranks seventh in program history all-time, fifth in the American Athletic Conference and 22nd nationally...He he also finished the year with six total touchdowns (four rushing and receiving), which ranked fourth on the team...His 371 rushing yards ranked fourth on the team while his 367 yards receiving ranked third on the team...Rushed for a touchdown at home and targeted three times for a career-high 38 receiving yards at home against FIU (Aug. 29)...Had five carries for 73 yards and two touchdowns including a season high 57-yard run against MSU (Sept. 14) Had a season best 60-yard kick return against MSU...Recorded 122 all-purpose yards at home against Houston (Sept. 19)...Rushed for 65 yards, made six catches for 104 yards, totaled two touchdowns and finished the game with a season-high 249 yards at Army (Oct. 5)...Caught four passes for 32 yards away at Memphis (Oct. 18)…Totaled 193 all-purpose yards away at Navy (Oct. 26)...Returned four kicks for 54 yards at home against Tulsa (Nov. 2)...Recorded a 36-yard run and completed a 27-yard pass away at Temple (Nov. 16)...Led the Green Wave to their second straight win, as he caught a team-high five passes, including a touchdown, for 57 yards while also adding 18 yards rushing in the team's win over Southern Miss in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Jan. 4).
2018: Appeared in every game…Ranked second among all freshman in The American with 939 all-purpose yards...Led the team in kickoff return yards (558) and punt return yards (113)…Rushed for 216 yards and four touchdowns…Totaled a season-high 145 kickoff return yards at Cincinnati…Caught a season-high three passes for 29 yards against SMU…Rushed for a season-high 42 yards on just eight carries at Tulsa...Had three carries for 26 and a touchdown at Houston...Finished the year on a high note, as he totaled 142 all-purpose yards against Louisiana-Lafayette in the AutoNation Cure Bowl.High School: Four-year letterwinner at Heritage High School in Frisco, Texas…Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com and Rivals.com…First-team all-district selection as a junior…Named District 9-5A Offensive Sophomore of the Year in 2015…Averaged 126.5 passing yards per game and 130.9 rushing yards per game during his varsity career…As a senior, rushed for 763 yards and four touchdowns, and passed for 504 yards and eight touchdowns…Rushed for 1,834 yards and 22 touchdowns, and threw for 1,604 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior…Ran for 1,015 yards and 11 touchdowns, and passed for 1,679 yards and 18 touchdowns as a sophomore…Also lettered in track and field and baseball…Was a first-team all-district selection at infielder as a junior.
Personal: Has one older brother…Major is Heatlh & Wellness.
Jones' Career Highs
Rushes: 9 at Army, 10/5/19
Rush yards: 73 vs. Missouri State, 9/14/19
Rush touchdowns: 2 vs. Missouri State, 9/14/19
Long rush: 33 vs. vs. Missouri State, 9/14/19
Receptions: 6 at Army, 10/5/19
Reception yards: 104 at Army, 10/5/19
Receiving touchdowns: 1, 2x, last vs. Southern Miss, 1/4/20
Long reception: 50 at Army, 10/5/19
Kick return yards: 145 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18
Long kick return: 69 at Cincinnati, 10/6/18
All-purpose yards: 249 at Army, 10/5/19
Punt returns: 4 at USF, 11/3/18
Punt return yards: 44 at USF, 11/3/18
Long punt return: 18 at USF, 11/3/18
Amare's Nola Story
How do you define what it means to be Nola Built?
"People that are Nola Built are determined, strong and prideful."
Favorite memory living in New Orleans?
"Checking out Mardi Gras."
Favorite spot?
"The endzone."
