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2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster

Profile

  • Guard
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Holladay, Utah
    Hometown
  • 6'0
    Height
  • 178
    Weight
  • Olympus HS / Utah
    High School
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Garett Graf/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Rj
#15
Rylan Jones
Guard
Position
Senior
Class
Holladay, Utah
Hometown

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Biography

RECORDS: Tied for seventh on the single-season record list in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.57-to-1, 2021-22).

HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West (2023).
 
2022-23 (SR): Appeared in 13 games, making 10 starts, before missing the remainder of the season due to injury… Averaged 4.2 points, 3.3 assists and 1.3 rebounds per game, while shooting 36.7 percent (18-of-49) from the field and 35.7 percent (10-of-28) from behind the arc… Scored a season-best 10 points against Oral Roberts (Nov. 22)… Dished out at least five assists three times, including a season-high eight dimes twice… Had a season-high two steals twice... Named Academic all-Mountain West.

2021-22 SEASON (JR.): Appeared in 31 games, starting in 22, and averaging 27.0 minutes per game... Led the Aggies with 139 assists on the year, averaging 4.5 dimes per game, the most by an Aggie since the 2007-08 season... Logged five or more assists in 15 games during the year, including a career-high 11 against New Orleans (12/11)... Totaled 202 points on the year, averaging 6.5 points per game... Scored in double figures six times during the year, turning in a season-high 21 points against Penn during the 2021 Myrtle Beach Invitational... Shot 43.5 percent (77-of-177) from the floor, 30.5 percent (25-of-82) from behind the 3-point line and 88.5 percent (23-of-26) at the free throw line... Pulled down 81 rebounds during the season, averaging 2.6 per game... Finished second on the team with 36 steals, recording multiple thefts in nine games... Also recorded one block during the year.

BEFORE UTAH STATE: Appeared in 45 games with 43 starts at the University of Utah over the course of two years... Averaged 7.6 points, 4.3 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game, while shooting 38.9 percent (103-of-265) from the floor, 36.5 percent (61-of-167) from behind the arc and 83.3 percent (75-of-90) at the free throw line... An immediate impact player for the Utes as a freshman, becoming the fourth player in school history to record a triple-double after finishing with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists against Mississippi Valley State... One of just five freshmen in the country in 2019-20 to average more than 9.5 points, 4.0 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Logan High School as a freshman before finishing his prep career at Olympus High School, leading the Titans to a 5A state title during the 2017-18 season... Named the state of Utah’s Mr. Basketball that season, along with earning Utah’s Gatorade Player of the Year... Just the third player to be named Utah’s Mr. Basketball for the second-consecutive year after setting a Utah high school record with 266 assists as a senior... Ranked as a four-star recruit and one of the top 25 point guards in the nation by multiple outlets.

PERSONAL: One of two children of Chris and Emily Jones... Father was a member of the Utah State men’s basketball coaching staff from 2009-16... Majoring in marketing.
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