Ronald Jones Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Ronald Jones
RB
, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Age: 23
Weight: 0 lbs
Height: 0' 0"

ADP: 82
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	RecYds
135	724	6	31	309

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

Jones finished as the No. 26 back last season (half-PPR), splitting time with Peyton Barber and Dare Ogunbowale. Barber is gone, but the Bucs drafted Ke’Shawn Vaughn in the third round, and Bruce Arians said that Vaughn can play on all three downs. Jones did run well last season, but never seemed to have the full confidence of the coaching staff. He averaged the fourth-most broken tackles per attempt last season and showed well as a receiver. He has reportedly been working very hard on his pass protection, which was his bugaboo in 2019. (He was benched for blowing a pass block, and now has the statuesque Tom Brady to protect.) If he has truly buttoned up his pass pro, he could turn into a three-down back for the Bucs.

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Bruce Arians: RB Ronald Jones will 'carry the load' for Bucs

Carmen Vitali on Twitter

Aug 05 · 1:51 PM EDT

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Buccaneers Head Coach Bruce Arians announced that RB Ronald Jones will be the "main guy" in the Tampa Bay backfield this season and will "carry the load" while the other backs find their role.

Fantasy Impact:

The Buccaneers signing of LeSean McCoy last week had fantasy drafters worried about Jones' fantasy prospects but Arians cleared up any uncertainty on Wednesday when he explicitly annointed Jones as Tampa's lead back, at least for early-down rushing work. Rookie RB Ke'Shawn Vaughn sparked intrigue in the fantasy community when he landed in Tampa, but he remains on the reserve/COVID list and is clearly behind Jones on the depth chart. It still seems unlikely that Jones gets a true workhorse role this season, but Arians' latest comments should instill confidence regarding his rushing workload and give his ADP a slight bump.

Scouting report

by Jordan Heck

· Jul 29 · 9:43 AM EDT

TB RB Ronald Jones - 2020 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside
Ronald Jones topped 1,000 scrimmage yards in 2019 and finished as the No. 26 running back (half-PPR). He played the most snaps out of Tampa Bay’s three running backs, and should be viewed as the incumbent starter for 2020. Despite some struggles, Jones played mostly well in 2019 as he topped 70 total yards seven times, even though he was splitting touches. He’ll be playing in an improved offense this year with the arrival of Tom Brady. In early August, Bruce Arians said of Jones, "Rojo’s the main guy. He’ll carry the load."

Fantasy Downside
Jones will still be fighting for touches in 2020 as the Bucs added rookie Ke’Shawn Vaughn in the third round. Playing time was a huge issue for Jones in 2019 as he only played over 50% of the offensive snaps in two games last season. He’ll likely be forced into a similar three back backfield, limiting his production.

2020 Bottom Line
Poor pass protection was one of the main reasons why Jones struggled to stay on the field last season. He says he’s been working on it this offseason, and becoming a pro at pass pro will be crucial to him earning more playing time. Still, Arians has offered high praise of Vaughn, and the Bucs will want to get their rookie involved. Tampa Bay also added in veteran LeSean McCoy, who will add some extra clutter to this backfield. Expect Jones to finish around 1,000 scrimmage yards again, barely placing him near the top 30 running back conversation.

2020 Strength of Schedule - TB

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
3 @NO	32 CAR	7 @DEN	19 LAC	14 @CHI	24 GB	20 @LV	22 @NYG	3 NO	32 @CAR	13 LAR	25 KC	BYE	12 MIN	9 @ATL	28 @DET	9 ATL

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

2019 Game Stats

Week	Opp	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Fum	YPC	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	STD	PPR	Snaps	%
1	SF	13	75	0	0	5.77	1	18	0	1	18.00	9.3	10.3	22/70	31.4%
2	@CAR	4	9	0	0	2.25	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.9	0.9	8/65	12.3%
3	NYG	14	80	0	0	5.71	1	41	0	1	41.00	12.1	13.1	23/77	29.9%
4	@LAR	19	70	1	0	3.68	1	12	0	1	12.00	14.2	15.2	36/74	48.6%
5	@NO	9	35	0	0	3.89	2	21	0	3	10.50	5.6	7.6	20/59	33.9%
6	CAR	4	10	1	0	2.50	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.0	7.0	13/80	16.3%
7	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	@TEN	11	35	0	0	3.18	1	17	0	4	17.00	5.2	6.2	22/83	26.5%
9	@SEA	18	67	1	0	3.72	2	15	0	2	7.50	14.2	16.2	42/79	53.2%
10	ARI	11	29	1	1	2.64	8	77	0	8	9.62	14.6	22.6	40/85	47.1%
11	NO	4	13	0	0	3.25	2	1	0	4	0.50	1.4	3.4	21/68	30.9%
12	@ATL	12	51	1	0	4.25	3	16	0	3	5.33	12.7	15.7	33/66	50.0%
13	@JAX	6	8	0	0	1.33	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.8	0.8	21/76	27.6%
14	IND	11	36	0	0	3.27	4	23	0	5	5.75	5.9	9.9	27/78	34.6%
15	@DET	11	23	0	0	2.09	1	26	0	3	26.00	4.9	5.9	34/75	45.3%
16	HOU	14	77	1	0	5.50	3	32	0	4	10.67	16.9	19.9	37/73	50.7%
17	ATL	11	106	0	1	9.64	2	10	0	2	5.00	9.6	11.6	23/51	45.1%
Per game		10.75	45.25	0.38	0.13	4.21	1.94	19.31	0	2.56	9.97	8.46	10.39	26.38/72.44	36.46%
Totals		172	724	6	2	4.21	31	309	0	41	9.97	135.3	166.3	422/1159	36.46%