Ronald Jones Continues Breakout Campaign
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Sometimes, I forget how young individual players are based on how long they’ve been in the league. The prime example is JuJu Smith-Schuster. He’s in his fourth year in the league and is only 23 years old. Another player who I keep having to remind myself is younger than I think is Ronald Jones. The youngest running back in the 2018 class, he enters his third season at just 23 years old. In Week 6, Jones topped 100 rushing yards for the third consecutive week and appeared more than capable of handling lead-back duties in Tampa Bay.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Ronald Jones II carried the ball 23 times for 113 yards and two scores along with two catches for eight receiving yards. Jones II exceeded 20 touches and 100 scrimmage yards for the third consecutive game, proving head coach Bruce Arians right as he continues to trust him. It should be noted that Leonard Fournette (ankle) was a late scratch, so he’ll eventually be back to eat into some of Jones II’s workload. However, there’s no denying that the 23-year-old is Tampa Bay’s lead back- he is the first Buccaneers’ back to hit the 100-yard rushing mark in three straight since Doug Martin. Jones II should be fired up again in Week 7 against a suspect Raiders’ run defense.

Promising Collegiate Profile

Jones, a second-round pick in 2018, had a disappointing rookie season. There’s no other way to say it. He only carried the ball 23 times and was essentially a non-factor the entire season. His 2019 season was much improved: he topped 1,000 scrimmage yards and totaled six touchdowns.

However, it wasn’t just his box score numbers that were markedly improved; check out the other metrics in which Jones topped fellow running back Joe Mixon in 2019.

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