Alijah Jones holds the SS · Backup spot in Northwestern Wildcats’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Alijah Jones is a safety from Baltimore, Maryland who attended Archbishop Spalding High School. A three-star recruit ranked as the No. 52 player in Maryland and No. 152 safety nationally, he committed to Northwestern on May 15, 2024. In his 2025 first season with the Wildcats, Jones appeared in 12 games and recorded 10 total tackles, including four solo tackles. He tied for a team-high four tackles in his debut against Western Illinois on September 5, added tackles in contests against ULM, Michigan, and Minnesota, and registered two tackles in the GameAbove Sports Bowl against Central Michigan.

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