LB · New England Patriots · #5
Dre'Mont Jones
LOLB1- College
- Ohio State
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 268 lb
- Experience
- 8th season
Tackles
11▼ 31 vs '25
116th of 123 LBs
Stops
10▼ 22 vs '25
100th of 123 LBs
Yards per run tackle
0.3▼ 2.5 vs '25
3rd of 123 LBs
Missed tackle rate
0.0%
1st of 123 LBs
Coverage
3 targets
33.3 cmp% · 3.3 y/tgt · 0 int
Ranks compare against the 123 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 @ SEAL | 42 | 84.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs PITW | 18 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 @ BUFW | 44 | 74.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 vs LVW | 34 | 56.7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 vs NYJW | 45 | 72.6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 @ CHIL | 44 | 63.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 227 | 61.5 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 33.3 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 |
How he compares
2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2026 with Patriots
$36.5Mover 3 years
- Avg. per year
- $12.2M
- Guaranteed
- $23.3M 64%
- 2026 cap hit
- $7.5M 2.1% of the cap
- Signed
- 2026
- Runs through
- 2028
2026 · now
2027
2028
Year 1 of 3 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | 227 | 61.5 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 43.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 18 | 791 | 68.1 | 42 | 32 | 7 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 24 | 28 | 5 | 85.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 17 | 617 | 54.5 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 115.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17 | 762 | 64.0 | 41 | 33 | 3 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 118.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 13 | 716 | 80.8 | 42 | 36 | 9 | 2.3 | 6.5 | 10 | 16 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16 | 616 | 59.3 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 83.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13 | 560 | 63.3 | 38 | 29 | 5 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 108.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14 | 284 | 29.8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 112.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 114 | 4,573 | 60.0 | 243 | 186 | 45 | 3.5 | 38.5 | 91 | 132 | 20 | 115.0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 |