Career: 2021 first-team All-American from the Football Writers Association of America, Phil Steele and Pro Football Network, with a second-team honor from the Walter Camp Football Foundation ... Invited to the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl … 2022 second-team preseason All-American via the Walter Camp Football Foundation and PFN … Seven career interceptions included five during breakout season in 2021 and totaled 34 passes defended, including 28 over his final two seasons … Career totals include four INT returns for TDs, five total TDs (counting the end zone recovery of his own punt block) and 131 tackles. … In 2021, broke or tied school records for single-season INT return TDs, career INT return TDs, single-game INTs (five-way tie for first) and single-game INT return TDs (four-way tie for first) … Played in 64 career games and made 27 starts at cornerback … Two-time All-Sun Belt defender (first team in 2021, second team in 2022).
 
2022: All-Sun Belt first team from PFN, second team from the league and third team from PFF … Tied for the Sun Belt lead in the regular season with 15 passes defended … Tied for 14th nationally in the regular season with 1.2 passes defended per game … Also totaled 45 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and one sack on the season … School-record six pass breakups in the win over ODU … Career-high nine tackles and his first career sack at Marshall … Helped App State rank top 40 nationally in rushing defense and total defense … Second-team preseason All-American via the Walter Camp Football Foundation and PFN ... Watch lists for the Chuck Bednarik Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Jim Thorpe Award and East-West Shrine Bowl.
 
2021: First-team All-American from the Football Writers Association of America, Phil Steele and Pro Football Network, with a second-team honor from the Walter Camp Football Foundation … All-Sun Belt first team … Tied for second nationally and tied for first in the Sun Belt with five interceptions … Led country with three pick-six interception returns for touchdowns … Played in all 14 games and made 13 starts … Ranked in the top 20 nationally with 13 passes defended (counting eight breakups) and had 52 tackles … Walter Camp Football Foundation and Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week after intercepting three passes and scoring touchdowns on two interception returns at Arkansas State (TDs covered 47 and 34 yards) … A week earlier, had a 14-yard interception return for a touchdown against ULM … Became first FBS player with three pick-six TDs over two-game span since Houston’s Johnny Jackson set NCAA record by scoring three times on INTs returns in 1987 against Texas … Also picked off a pass in the end zone during the regular season meeting at Louisiana … Broke or tied school records for single-season INT return TDs, career INT return TDs, single-game INTs (five-way tie for first) and single-game INT return TDs (four-way tie for first).

2020: Played in all 12 games … A standout as a third cornerback, had 97 return yards on two interceptions, including a 34-yard TD return against Troy, and averaged 21.9 yards on 17 kickoff returns with a long of 41 against Georgia State … Gained 63 yards on an interception near the end zone in the Myrtle Beach Bowl win against North Texas … Finished season with 23 tackles and four pass breakups … Pick-six score against Troy helped give App State a 21-0 lead midway through the first quarter … Career-high six tackles in the bowl win against North Texas … Led App State with 106 all-purpose yards (on four kickoff returns) against Georgia State.

2019: Played in 13 games and started twice, making first career start at cornerback against Coastal Carolina and then starting in the next game at Louisiana … Made seven tackles, including two against Coastal Carolina … Entered 20-15 win at South Carolina for first time with 34 seconds left due to an injury and, matched up with 6-foot-3 star Bryan Edwards, remained in position to force an incompletion near the front pylon … Played cornerback in fourth quarter of 34-31 win at North Carolina and made strong play to defend a post route.

2018: Appeared in all 13 games as a special teams standout and also contributed at cornerback …  Blocked two punts and recovered one for his first career touchdown in the 72-7 win Gardner-Webb … Two punt blocks, which tied the school record set by Dino Hackett in 1985 and Chuck Hill in 1987, made him the Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week … Scored App State's first touchdown via a punt block/return since Scott Cornatzer recovered a blocked punt in the end zone against Chattanooga in 2001, blocked another punt to set up another touchdown against Gardner-Webb and helped Clifton Duck return a punt 62 yards for a touchdown with two separate ­­blocks in the middle of the field in that game … Tied for fifth place nationally with two blocked punts/kicks … Had five total tackles on the year (four solo) … Accounted for a career-high two solo tackles at Sun Belt rival Georgia Southern.

2017: One of three true freshman cornerbacks to redshirt.

High School: Rated a two-star cornerback by both 247Sports and Scout.com ... All-conference performer at Richmond Senior High School in Rockingham … Selected to the Shrine Bowl as a senior … Had 35 tackles and three interceptions as a senior … Had 11 receptions for 382 yards and five touchdowns … Also returned punts and kickoffs … Had four interceptions during an All-Conference junior season … Also saw interest from Charlotte and Western Carolina.

Personal: Full name is Steven Sedgewon Jones … Son of Steven Jones … Born Feb. 1, 1999 … Has one sister, Harmony Jones.