Player file
Ernest Jones IV
LB Linebacker · official depth LB1 · South Carolina · #13 · PRO
6' 2" · 233 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 26 · born 1999-11-22 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
SEA · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 6 NFL regular-season line(s) 2021–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#6 tkl · 1 g2026where he ranks at Tackles among 125 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
31 solo tkl · 0 ast · 3 sk · 1 INT · 3 PD · 0 FF2026 LB
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-17T11:21:04.086Z2027Signed through
APY $9,500,000 · cap hit $11,483,333
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · SEA · LB · 6 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved31 solo tkl · 0 ast · 3 sk · 1 INT · 3 PD · 0 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-17T11:21:04.086Z
Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.
Contract
- Signed through2027Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$9,500,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$11,483,333Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2028 · UFAOver The Cap · 2026-09-20
Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)
NFL by year
- 2026 · SEA · LB · 6 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved31 solo tkl · 0 ast · 3 sk · 1 INT · 3 PD · 0 FF
- 2025 · SEA · LB · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved58 solo tkl · 2 ast · 0.5 sk · 5 INT · 7 PD · 0 FF
- 2024 · SEA · LB · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved58 solo tkl · 19 ast · 0.5 sk · 1 INT · 4 PD · 1 FF
- 2023 · LAR · LB · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved56 solo tkl · 18 ast · 4.5 sk · 0 INT · 6 PD · 0 FF
- 2022 · LAR · LB · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved52 solo tkl · 14 ast · 0 sk · 1 INT · 2 PD · 1 FF
- 2021 · LAR · LB · 11 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved29 solo tkl · 7 ast · 1 sk · 2 INT · 4 PD · 0 FF
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-15 · DAL at SEADid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-16
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-23 · SEA at TENDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-24
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · SEA at KCDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-29
- Week 1 · 2026-09-09 · NE at SEAStarted. · 13 tackles (8-5)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-09
Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-16as of 2026-09-09College by year
- 2020 · South Carolina · defensive86 tkl · 1 sackHC Mike BoboCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2019 · South Carolina · defensive97 tkl · 1 sackHC Will MuschampCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2018 · South Carolina · defensive16 tkl · 0 sackHC Will MuschampCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2021 Combine · LB · South Carolina · 6-1 · 230 lb40 4.65 · vert 38.5"drafted 2021 · round 3 · Los Angeles Rams
Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source
a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file
Injuries
Weekly injury report
- Ernest Jones2026-10-09 · NIR-Resting Player · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedSEA official Week 5 injury report · 2026-10-09
- Ernest Jones2026-10-08 · NIR-Resting Player · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedSEA official Week 5 injury report · 2026-10-08
- Ernest Jones2026-09-25 · Neck · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedSEA official Week 3 injury report · 2026-09-25
- Ernest Jones2026-09-24 · Neck · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedSEA official Week 3 injury report · 2026-09-24
- Ernest Jones2026-09-23 · Neck · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedSEA official Week 3 injury report · 2026-09-23
Weekly practice observations; game designation is separate. Earlier medical history remains limited to the dated evidence below.
Suspensions / discipline
Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Transactions
Source not provisioned · no filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing). Pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Awards
0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 3 seasons started · career through 2026
nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present