2011-12 Football Roster

23 Chaz Jones

  • Position Tailback
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 225
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Cleveland Heights, Ohio
  • Highschool Glenville

Biography

THREE-YEAR LETTERMAN - The top returning rusher on the team and could contend for all-conference honors…has stepped in and adjusted to the pro-set responsibilities and should be a big part of the VMI running game again…scored a six-yard TD in VMI's final spring scrimmage…projected to start again at A back.

2010 - Led the team in rushing with 502 yards and 55.8 yards per game to rank sixth in the BSC…missed the first two games of the season because of injury…scored six rushing touchdowns which also paced the team…his seven touchdowns led the team and was seventh highest in the BSC and he tied for the team lead in points scored with 42 which ranked 10th in the conference…was second on the team in all-purpose yards with 636 for 70.7 yards per game…caught the third most passes on the team with last year with 24 receptions…rushed for a season and team-high 118 yards and a touchdown against ODU Nov. 14…gained 72 yards and a touchdown against Army on Oct. 30…rushed for 51 yards and three touchdowns at Charleston Southern Oct. 23 becoming the first VMI back to score three rushing TD's in a game since the seventh game of 2009…rushed for 88 yards and a score vs. Presbyterian College Oct. 2.

2009 - Played in the first five games of the season before sustaining injury in the Coastal Carolina game and having his season shut down…rushed twice for nine yards in the opener against Robert Morris…carried five times for eight yards against Richmond…also played special teams…lettered for the second time. 

2008 - Played in 10 of 11 games...started the Richmond and Coastal Carolina games when Howard Abegesah was sidelined with injury...ranked third on the team in rushing with 407 yards on 66 carries for a 6.2 ypc average... rushed for four touchdowns, which was also the third-most on the team...nearly surpassed the century mark twice when he had 98 yards on 14 carries and two touchdowns against Liberty, which included a 53-yard run...also rushed for 97 yards against Chowan and logged a 65-yard run, which stood as the longest run by a Keydet during the season...rushed for a workhorse-like 53 yards on 14 carries and two touchdowns in win over Coastal Carolina...ran for 59 yards against Richmond...returned a kick for 17 yards against William & Mary.   

2007 - Did not see game action.

HIGH SCHOOL - A graduate of Glenville High School in Cleveland, Ohio...Honorable Mention All-Northeast Ohio Lake Erie District...All-LEL Conference Honorable Mention...All-Cuyahoga County Honorable Mention... team Offensive MVP...Cleveland Plain Dealer Player of the Week...2006 All-Senate Honorable Mention...as a junior, totaled 1,658 yards in total offense (871 passing, 787 rushing) while scoring 17 TD...as a senior, rushed for 705 yards and 8 TD and made ten catches for 117 yards and 2 TD...All-League Running Back.
    PERSONAL - Full name is Chaz Deandre Jones...Economics and Business major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2007-08Freshman

    Running Back
    5'11" 207 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2008-09Redshirt Freshman

    Running Back
    5'11" 220 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2009-10Redshirt Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'11" 220 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2010-11Redshirt Junior

    Tailback
    5'11" 220 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2011-12Redshirt Senior

    Tailback
    5'11" 225 lbs
    23