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Jersey Number 10
Lloyd Jones III
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Hitchcock, Texas
- High School:
- Hitchcock
2025 SEASON (FRESHMAN)
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- Limited to only one game as a freshman after spending the first half of the season recovering from a knee injury suffered in high school โฆ listed as the third-team quarterback by end of the season โฆ scout team member.
- Shined in his collegiate debut, which came in the regular-season finale at West Virginia (11/29) โฆ completed 4-of-5 passes for 74 yards and two touchdowns versus the Mountaineers, while also rushing three times for 15 yards โฆ found Micah Hudson on both touchdown passes, connecting with the wideout on 15 and 30-yard scoring strikes in the second half.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended Hitchcock High School, a coastal 3A program located just outside Galveston in the greater Houston area โฆ guided by head coach Craig Smith while his father Lloyd Jones Jr. coached on the Hitchcock football staff as well โฆ led team to an 8-1 regular season record and a 4-0 first-place finish in district play as a senior, advancing to the regional round of the playoffs after a 42-3 win in bi-district play and a 56-14 win in the area round โฆ Hitchcockโs impressive 10-game winning streak came to a halt in the regional round.
- Finished senior season with 1,682 passing yards and 24 touchdowns to go along with 283 rushing yards and seven scores on the ground โฆ illustrious tenure at Hitchcock ended with 8,164 career passing yards and 107 passing touchdowns to go along with 1,685 career rushing yards and 29 rushing touchdowns over four seasons โฆ became the 79th Texas high school football player to throw 100 touchdown passes in a career โฆ closed his prep career as the Hitchcock High School all-time leader for touchdowns.
- Tabbed the District 12-3A Co-MVP as a senior and was an honorable mention All-State selection by the Texas Sports Writers Association (TSWA) โฆ earned All-District 12-3A Co-Offensive MVP honors and All-State honorable mention accolades as a junior after compiling just under 3,400 total yards and 48 touchdowns โฆ named the 2023 Galveston County football player of the year after his junior season by the Galveston Daily News โฆ was a first team All-Galveston County selection following his senior year.
- Registered 2,735 passing yards and 36 touchdowns and 678 rushing yards with 13 scores in prolific junior season โฆ named the SBLive Texas High School Athlete of the Week for Sept. 26-Oct. 2 after a monster sophomore year performance throwing for 312 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions on 12-of-20 passing to help lead Hitchcock to a 35-30 road winย โฆ accounted for more than 100 career touchdowns going into his senior season.
- Recorded 911 passing yards, 11 passing touchdowns, 195 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown as a freshman โฆ followed with 2,836 passing yards, 36 passing touchdowns, 457 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns as a sophomore.
- Excelled in both football and basketball at the prep level โฆ helped lead Hitchcock to back-to-back state titles in basketball during his sophomore and junior seasons โฆ had 14 points and 21 rebounds in the 2023 state championship game, earning All-State Tournament team honors in the process โฆ was an area champion in the 4x100 meter relay as a junior in 2024.
- Rated a four-star athlete by both On3 and Rivals and a three-star prospect by 247Sports and ESPN โฆ tabbed a four-star by the 247Sports composite rankings โฆ ranked by Rivals as the No. 11 dual-threat quarterback in the nation for the class of 2025 โฆ CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Colorado State, North Texas, Texas State and UTSA.
PERSONAL
- Lloyd Wayne Jones III โฆ son of Lloyd Wayne Jones Jr. and Meredith Renee Jones โฆ has seven siblings โ Katie, Billy, Michael, Brett, Vincent, Pacey and Asha โฆ goes by the family nickname of โChubby,โ which three generations of Jones men have gone by โฆ born in Texas City, Texas outside of Houston โฆ calls Hitchcock, Texas home.
- Third-generation collegiate student-athlete in his family ... grandfather, Fred ย Jr., was a middle linebacker at UT-Arlington from 1968-70 and later was the head football coach at the high school level with stops at Hitchcock, TK Gorman, Bridge City and Brazosport ... father was a defensive back at LSU in the mid-1990s and later coached his son while on staff at Hitchcock ... brothers, Michael Parker and Pacey Jones, previously played at Southwestern and the Air Force Academy, respectively.ย
- A sport management major at Texas Tech.
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