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2011 Football

58 Kameron Jones

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Los Alamitos

Biography

2011/Career Notes: Two-time Ivy League champion ... 2010 and 2011 second-team All-Ivy ... Played in 34 games in his career, including four starts at running back and 16 starts in the defensive backfield ... Finished his career with 1,269 all-purpose yards ... He had 441 rushing yards, 111 receiving yards, 127 punt return yards, 560 kick return yards and 30 interception return yards ... He had a passing, rushing, receiving and interception return for a touchdown during his career ... Finished his career with 99 tackles, 16.0 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, three interceptions and 7.5 sacks ... Was third in the Ivy League and led the team in punt return average (6.0) as a senior ... Was first on the team in kick return average (16.5), tied for first in interceptions and forced fumbles (two apiece), fourth in all-purpose yards (584), and tied for second on the team with 51 tackles in 2011 ... Had a career-high 12 tackles against Villanova (Sept. 24) ... Had a tackle in every game he played in 2011, including at least four in eight games ... Registered a career-best 114 all-purpose yards and his defensive touchdown in the Homecoming win over Princeton (Nov. 5) ... Forced a fumble in each of his last two games and recorded two sacks in his final collegiate game.

2010: Second-team All-Ivy as a defensive back ... Two-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 18, Nov. 8) ... Played in all 10 games and started eight ... Finished fourth in the Ivy League and led the team with 4.5 sacks ... Fourth on the team in tackles with 47 ... Hauled in first career interception in win over Harvard (Nov. 13) ... Forced a fumble at Princeton (Nov. 6) ... Collected two sacks apiece in wins over Columbia (Oct. 16) and Princeton ... Second on the team with 196 kick return yards ... Also had a season-best 11 tackles against the Tigers.

2009: Played in eight games and started the last four at running back ... Third on the team with 203 rush yards ... Fourth on the team with 13 receptions ... Fifth on the team with 270 all-purpose yards ... Caught the go-ahead touchdown at Columbia (Oct. 17) ... Had a career-high six receptions in the overtime win at Brown (Oct. 31) ... Also passed for a touchdown against Bucknell (Oct. 10).

2008: Played in seven games for the Quakers...Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Oct. 13) ... Was Penn’s third-leading rusher with 218 yards on 58 carries and one touchdown...Also caught three passes for seven yards ... Had three games with 15 or more carries ... Had a season-high 102 yards on 21 carries and his first career touchdown in win at Georgetown (Oct. 11). 

Whitehall HS: Four-year letterwinner ... Team captain ... High school coach was Tony Trisciani ... All-league for two years, at running back (2006-07) and safety (2007) ... Whitehall won Lehigh Valley Conference (LVC)?title and was District XI runner-up in 2005, his sophomore year ... Mini Maxwell Award winner ... Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association (PSFCA)?East/West All-Star ... Also lettered three times in basketball, twice in baseball, and twice in track ... Captained basketball team for two years, track once ... Helped baseball team to District XI?championship ... In track, finished sixth in the state, third in the district, and won LVC?in long jump ... Also district runner-up in the triple jump.

Personal: Son of Jill and Rick Hamscher ... Younger sister, Brooke, was all-state in the pole vault and is a member of the Penn women's track & field team ... Grandfather played professional baseball ... Enrolled in Wharton.

Career Stats:

RUSHING gattyardstdlongavg/cavg/g
2008 7582181143.831.1
2009 8502030204.125.4
2010 1023021.50.3
2011 9317095.71.9
TOTAL 341134411203.913.0
 
PASSING gcmp-att-intyardstdlongpctavg/pavg/geffic
2008 70-0-00000.00.00.00.0
2009 81-2-051550.02.50.6236.0
2010 100-0-00000.00.00.00.0
2011 90-0-00000.00.00.00.0
TOTAL 341-2-051550.02.50.1236.0
 
TOTAL OFFENSE grushpasstotalavg/g
2008 7218021831.1
2009 8203520826.0
2010 103030.3
2011 9170171.9
TOTAL 34441544613.1
 
RECEIVING grecyardstdlongrec/gavg/cavg/g
2008 737060.42.31.0
2009 813671131.65.28.4
2010 10311060.33.71.1
2011 91260260.126.02.9
TOTAL 34201111260.65.63.3
 
SCORING gtdrushrcvretpat2patfgtotalavg/g
2008 7110000060.9
2009 8101000060.8
2010 10000000000.0
2011 9100100060.7
TOTAL 343111000180.5
 
PUNT RETURNS gno.yardstdlongavg/ravg/g
2008 700000.00.0
2009 800000.00.0
2010 1000000.00.0
2011 9211270216.014.1
TOTAL 34211270216.03.7
 
KICK RETURNS gno.yardstdlongavg/ravg/g
2008 700000.00.0
2009 800000.00.0
2010 10719604028.019.6
2011 92236403716.540.4
TOTAL 342956004019.316.5
 
INTERCEPTIONS gno.yardstdlongavg/ravg/g
2008 700000.00.0
2009 800000.00.0
2010 1010000.00.0
2011 923012515.03.3
TOTAL 3433012510.00.9
 
ALL PURPOSE grushrcvprkrirtotalavg/g
2008 7218700022532.1
2009 82036700027033.8
2010 103110196021021.0
2011 917261273643056462.7
TOTAL 3444111112756030126937.3
 
TACKLES guaatotaltflpdfffrblk
2008 70000.00000
2009 80000.00000
2010 102820487.04100
2011 93120519.03200
TOTAL 3459409916.07300
 
SACKS guaatotalyards
2008 7000.00
2009 8000.00
2010 10414.523
2011 9303.031
TOTAL 34717.554
 
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Points scored: 6, Princeton, Nov 05, 2011 ; at Georgetown, Oct 11, 2008 ; at Columbia, Oct 17, 2009 
Touchdowns: 1, Princeton, Nov 05, 2011 ; at Georgetown, Oct 11, 2008 ; at Columbia, Oct 17, 2009 
Rush attempts: 21, at Georgetown, Oct 11, 2008 
Rush yards: 102, at Georgetown, Oct 11, 2008 (21 carries)
Rush TDs: 1, at Georgetown, Oct 11, 2008 
Long rush: 20, at Harvard, Nov 14, 2009 
Pass attempts: 1, Bucknell, 10/10/2009 ; at Columbia, Oct 17, 2009 
Pass completions: 1, Bucknell, 10/10/2009 
Pass yards: 5, Bucknell, 10/10/2009 
Pass TDs: 1, Bucknell, 10/10/2009 
Long pass: 5, Bucknell, 10/10/2009 
Receptions: 6, at Brown, Oct 31, 2009 
Receiving yards: 37, at Brown, Oct 31, 2009 (6 receptions)
Receiving TDs: 1, at Columbia, Oct 17, 2009 
Long reception: 26, at Dartmouth, Oct 01, 2011 
Total offense attempts: 21, at Georgetown, Oct 11, 2008 (21 rush,0 pass)
Total ofense yards: 102, at Georgetown, Oct 11, 2008 (102 rush,0 pass)
All-purpose yards: 114, Princeton, Nov 05, 2011 
Punt returns: 5, at Villanova, Sep 24, 2011 
Punt return yards: 38, at Dartmouth, Oct 01, 2011 (4 returns)
Long punt return: 21, at Dartmouth, Oct 01, 2011 
Kick returns: 5, Cornell, Nov 19, 2011 
Kick return yards: 97, Lafayette, Sep 18, 2010 (3 returns)
Long kick return: 40, Lafayette, Sep 18, 2010 
Interceptions: 1, Princeton, Nov 05, 2011 ; Harvard, Nov 13, 2010 ; at Columbia, Oct 15, 2011 
Long interception return: 25, Princeton, Nov 05, 2011 
Tackles: 12, at Villanova, Sep 24, 2011 (8-4)
Sacks: 2.0, at Princeton, Nov 06, 2010 (2-0); Cornell, Nov 19, 2011 (2-0); Columbia, Oct 16, 2010 (2-0)
Tackles for loss: 3.0, at Princeton, Nov 06, 2010 (2-0); Columbia, Oct 16, 2010 (2-0)
Fumbles forced: 1, at Princeton, Nov 06, 2010 ; at Harvard, Nov 12, 2011 ; Cornell, Nov 19, 2011 
Pass breakups: 1, 4 times

Statistics

Season:
2011

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Historical Player Information

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    2011Senior

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