2022 CoSIDA Academic All-American
2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2022 Conference USA All-Academic Team
2022 Conference USA Honorable Mention
2022 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
2021 CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American
2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District II
2021 Conference USA All-Academic Team
2021 Conference USA Academic Watch List
2020-21 CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American
2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District II
2020 Conference USA All-Academic Team
2020 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District II
2018 FWAA Freshman All-American
2018 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
2018 Conference USA Honorable Mention
2022 (r-Sr.) | 14/14: Jones, a fixture for the WKU defense, started all 14 games in the final season of his decorated career on The Hill. Jones closed his career at WKU having started 56 consecutive games and 60 overall. On the season, Jones totaled 40 tackles with 3.0 for loss and 1.5 sacks. He started the year strong with a season-high nine tackles in a win over Austin Peay, then provided one of the highlights in his career the following week at Hawaii when he scored on a 38-yard pick six. It was the first interception and defensive touchdown of his career. Later in the year, Jones also recovered a fumble in a big win over UAB that came down to the final plays of the game. His two forced turnovers helped WKU's defense lead the nation in forced turnovers. In addition to his big contributions on the field, Jones continued to have a stellar career in the classroom. For the third time, Jones was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American at season's end after being named Academic All-District earlier in the year. Jones also landed a spot on the C-USA All-Academic Team, and was named an All-Conference Honorable Mention.
2021 (r-Jr.) | 14/14: Jones again started all 14 games for WKU in 2021 while helping the Tops win a Conference USA East Division Championship. He totaled 45 tackles for the year, including 6.5 for loss and 3.5 sacks. His best game of the season came against Army when he recorded nine tackles and a sack. Jones continued his incredible academic career as well by being named a CoSIDA Second Teeam Academic All-American and to C-USA's All-Academic Team.
2020 (r-Jr.) | 12/12: Jones started every game for the Hilltoppers for the second straight year, accumulating 38 total tackles (12 solo, 26 assisted) – including five for loss – two sacks, five quarterback hurries and three pass breakups. Had at least three tackles in 9-of-12 games, including a season-high six on Nov. 7 at Florida Atlantic. Put up a season-high two quarterback hurries on Dec. 6 at Charlotte. He will retain his redshirt junior year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 (r-So.) | 13/13: Jones came back after a FWAA Freshman All-American season in 2018 by improving across the board in 2019. He had 55 tackles (22 solo, 33 assisted) – including 12.5 for loss – seven sacks and nine quarterback hurries; his tackle for loss, sack and quarterback hurry numbers ranked second on WKU. He had at least one tackle for loss in eight games, at least one sack in six games and at least one quarterback hurry in eight contests. He had a season-high 10 tackles (two solo, eight assisted) on Oct. 26 at Marshall, as well as a season-high 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks on Sept. 14 vs. Louisville. His seven sacks were tied for fifth-most by a Hilltopper in the program's FBS Era (dating back to 2009), while his 12 career sacks rank tied for fourth in the same time frame.
2018 (r-Fr.) | 12/7: Jones made WKU history in 2018, setting a program FBS Era record (dating back to 2009) by a freshman with five sacks while becoming the first freshman defensive lineman in Hilltopper history to earn All-American honors. He had 42 tackles (19 solo, 23 assisted), including six for loss, five quarterback hurries, two pass breakups and one forced fumble. His five sacks for a total of 22 yards lost were good for second on the team, and his five quarterback hurries ranked third on the team. His most notable performance came on Oct. 20 vs. Old Dominion, where he recorded 2.5 sacks, the most in a game by a Hilltopper since the 2016 Boca Raton Bowl, for 12 yards lost with a forced fumble and four tackles. He had one sack for seven yards lost on Nov. 2 at Middle Tennessee and finished the season on a high note with one sack for two yards lost on Nov. 24 at Louisiana Tech. He recorded two quarterback hurries on Sept. 29 at Marshall, then again on Nov. 17 vs. UTEP. He tallied a career-high seven tackles, including an assisted sack, on Sept. 8 vs. Maine.
2017 (Fr.): Jones redshirted his first season on The Hill while making the conversion from linebacker to defensive lineman.
HS/Misc.: Larry “Juwuan” Jones joined the program after an all-state career at Lanier HS for coach Korey Mobbs. A first team all-state selection in Georgia’s 6A classification by the Georgia Sports Writers Association, he built a legacy at Lanier with 136 tackles, 15 tackles for loss and three sacks, as a senior. During his junior season, he tallied 120 tackles including six for loss to earned second team all-state honors from the Associated Press. He helped his Longhorns to an appearance in the GHSA playoffs each of the past three seasons. A three-star recruit in the 247Sports composite rankings, he was the No. 29 inside linebacker nationally by Rivals.com and No. 7 in the state of Georgia by Scout.com.
