Keyton Jones holds the NB · Backup spot in Central Michigan Chippewas’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Keyton Jones is a defensive back for Central Michigan, standing 5'9" and weighing 185 pounds. A 2024 graduate of Avon High School in Avon, Indiana, Jones earned All-Hoosier Crossroads Conference First Team honors as a senior. He redshirted in 2024 as a true freshman running back before transitioning to the defensive secondary during spring 2025 drills. In 2025 as a redshirt sophomore, he appeared in five games, primarily on special teams, recording two tackles (one solo) and one pass breakup. He registered a career-high two tackles with a pass breakup against Wagner on September 20.