Strong-legged fourth-year junior.. Owns or shares nine school kicking
records heading into 2012... Tied for fourth all-time at Baylor with 208
career points, seventh all-time with .968 career PAT percentage and tied
for fifth on school's career field goals list with 29 heading into 2012...
Owns career mark of 121 PATs made... Selected 2012 All-Big 12 in Athlon
Sports preseason publication... Former Freshman All-American and Lou
Groza semifinalist in 2010... Named to 2011 Lou Groza Award watch
list... Former walk-on... Nickname is "Stork."
2011 (Sophomore): Starting placekicker in all 13 games... Established
seven new school kicking records in 2011... Connected on 10 of 17 field
goals and 75 of 78 PATs on season... Kicked off 50 times with average of
65.0 yards and 10 touchbacks... Ranked fourth in Big 12 and 19th
nationally among kickers with 8.1 points per game... Set Baylor singleseason
record with 75 PATs made and 78 PATs attempted... Broke own
previous record with 105 total points (kicking) scored... Broke school
single-game records for PATs made and attempted going 9-9 in win over
Texas Tech... Started season 4-for-10 on FG attempts, but finished 6-for-7
in final five games... Finished season with streak of 36-straight made
PATs (over final six games)... Earned Big 12 Co-Special Teams Player of
the Week honors (Sept. 6) after hitting game-winning 37-yard field goal to
defeat No. 14 TCU, 50-48, in season-opener... Had season-long 48-yard
field goal in win over Stephen F. Austin in second game... Scored 12
points on 9-for-9 PATs and 1-of-2 field goals in win over Texas Tech in
11th game... Totaled 12 points with field goals of 22 and 40, along with a
perfect 6-6 on PATs in win over Texas... Was 2-for-2, including 40-yard
field goal, in game 12 win over Texas... Scored 11 points and was perfect
9-for-9 (1-1 FGs, 8-8 PATs) in Valero Alamo Bowl win over Washington...
Named preseason All-Big 12 by Phil Steele... Awarded scholarship prior to
sophomore season.
2010 (Redshirt Freshman): Starting placekicker in every game, earned
All-Big 12 and Big 12 All-Freshman honors following record-setting first
season of competition... Walk-on won starting job in fall and kicked all
field goals and extra points... Earned first collegiate letter... Semifinalist
for Lou Groza Award... Named honorable-mention All-Big 12 (league
coaches) and Big 12 All-Freshman (ESPN.com, Rivals.com)... Earned
honorable-mention Freshman All-America honors from
CollegeFootballNews.com... Garnered second-team Postseason All-
Freshman honors from Phil Steele... Broke school's single-season records
for field goals made (19), scoring by kickers (103 points), field goals
attempted (27), PATs attempted (47) and shared the PATs made record
(46)... Averaged 1.46 field goals per game, ranked fourth in Big 12 and
tied for 17th nationally... 7.92 points-per-game ranked eighth in Big 12
and 45th nationally... Hit two 50-yard field goals and was 5-for-8 from
40-yards and beyond... Made early impression by hitting field goals in
each of first eight games (no attempts in ninth game)... Incredibly, made
four field goals on final play of first half during regular season... Hit first
38 extra points attempted on year, finished 46-for-47... Also kicked off
four times (in regular season finale), 60.0 average... Had career-high three
field goals twice, in win at Rice (3-4) in fourth game and win at Colorado
(3-4) in seventh game... Hit career-high seven PATs (7-7) in win over
Kansas in fifth game, also kicked career-long 50-yard FG... Matched 50-
yarder in win at CU, named Lou Groza Award Star of Week for efforts (2-
2 PAT, 3-4 FG).
2009 (True Freshman): Walk-on, sat out first season at Baylor and
participated on practice squad, redshirted to retain eligibility.
High School: Two-year letterman at Crowley (Texas) High School
under head coach Brad McCone... Two-time All-District 8-4A honoree...
First-team All-District 8-4A selection as kicker and punter in 2008, named
second-team kicker as junior in 2007... Honorable-mention Academic All-
State selection in football following 2008 season... Four-year letterman
and two-time all-district honoree in soccer at CHS... Scored school-record
six goals in game... Finished fourth on Crowley's all-time goals scored
chart... Also lettered in track and field.
Personal: Son of David and Pauline Jones... Full name is Aaron
Christopher Jones... Born Sept. 8, 1990, in Fort Worth, Texas... Majoring in
earth science.