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UW This Season: A veteran that has great versatility, Jones will be a key piece of the Cowboy defensive line.

2020: Jones appeared in three games with 13 tackles. He had four solo stop and nine assisted tackles. He also recorded three tackles for loss and added 1.5 sacks. He also added a pass breakup. He recorded four tackles with two tackles for loss and a sack against Nevada. He recorded six tackles for the Cowboys against Colorado State.

2019: Jones was a key mark of the interior of the defensive line last season. He appeared in 10 contests and started two games. He finished the season with 20 tackles with nine solo stops and 11 assisted tackles. He added three tackles for loss for the season and 1.5 tackles for loss. He recorded a career-high eight tackles at Tulsa. He also added 1.5 tackles for loss and a half of a sack. Jones also added a half of a sack against Texas State and Idaho. He added four tackles against Air Force in the regular season finale.

2018: Jones appeared in 11 games for the Brown and Gold as a redshirt freshman. He finished the season with 15 tackles. He recorded six solo stops and nine assisted tackles. Jones recorded a career-high four tackles against both Missouri and Wofford. He also added three tackles in a contest at Fresno State.

2017: Jones redshirted for the Cowboys.

High School: Victor Jones is rated as a three-star recruit by Rivals, Scout.com and 247 Sports.  He was selected to the Sacramento Bee First Team All-Metro team as a defensive lineman his senior season.  247 Sports ranked Jones as the 108th overall recruit in the entire state of California.  Jones led Inderkum High to the 2016 Championship Game of the Sac-Joaquin Sectional Playoffs for Division II.  Inderkum entered the sectional playoffs seeded No. 8 after capturing the Tri-County Conference title with a perfect 6-0 league mark and an 8-2 regular-season record.  The Tigers proceeded to defeat No. 9 seed Whitney, 42-7, in the first round of the playoffs.  In the quarterfinals, they captured a 35-33 upset win over No. 1 seed Sacramento.  Inderkum earned a spot in the sectional championship game by defeating No. 4 seed Jesuit, 52-35, in the semifinals before falling in the championship game to No. 2 seed Del Oro, 13-35.  The Tigers ended the season with an 11-3 overall record.  Jones played for head coach Terry Stark. Jones was also recruited by California, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawai’i, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon State and Utah.

Personal: He is majoring in outdoor rec/tourism management at UW.