Ryan Jones Season 2013

AT SAN JOSE STATE: Completed five years with the Spartans... Career blossomed as the starting left guard in the 2012 and 2013 seasons... Appeared in 24 games with 23 starts... Played in the offensive and defensive lines during his San José State career... First joined the team in the fall of 2009... A 2010 San José State Scholar-Athlete.

2013: Played and started in 10 games... Started the first nine games of the season... Missed two games before returning to the lineup for the finale vs. #16-Fresno State... Served as a team captain from the third game of the season... Recipient of the Brent Evans Most Courageous Player Award at the team[apos]s annual awards banquet.

2012: Had his best season at the major college level... Played and started in all 13 games... One of four Spartan offensive linemen to start in every game.

2011: Only recorded game appearance was in the Utah State game (11/12).

2010: Began the season as a reserve offensive guard...Finished the season as a back-up defensive lineman...Appeared in the final game of 2010 at Idaho (12/4) as a defensive tackle...Was not in on any tackles in limited action.

2009: Spent the season as a redshirt.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football (Coach Mike Langridge), basketball and track and field at Riordan High in San Francisco ...A 2008 San Francisco Chronicle honorable mention All-Metro choice and first-team All-West Catholic Athletic League pick... Was named his team[apos]s Most Valuable Player after his senior season playing both in the offensive and defensive lines...Credited with 44 tackles and three quarterback sacks...Member of the school[apos]s basketball team and threw the shot put and discus for the track team...Belonged to the school[apos]s African-American Student Union and contributed more than 200 hours to the American Cancer Society[apos]s annual fund raiser, Relay for Life.

MORE ON RYAN: A sociology major...Rob Jones, his older brother, was a 2012 first-team All-West Coast Conference forward as a senior for the Saint Mary[apos]s College basketball team... The San Francisco native was born on January 2, 1991.