UTEP Miners · RB RoomRB
#0 Tavorus Jones
Class RS SR/TRFrom Missouri (transfer)Ht / Wt 5'9" · 205 lbHometown El Paso, TX · Burges HS
Depth-chart placement
Current role
RB1Placement
StarterRoom
Running BackExperience
5-SRLast change
Updated 2026-07-29RB room context
View full depth chart →Tavorus Jones holds the RB · Starter spot in UTEP Miners’s running back room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:
Transfer history
2026Missouri→UTEP Miners
Background & career
Tavorus Jones is a 5'9", 205-pound running back from El Paso, TX, who attended Burges High School. A four-star recruit in the 2022 class with a rating of 0.9319 and ranked 170th nationally, Jones played college football at Missouri before joining UTEP. He is a returning player on the Miners roster and holds redshirt junior status for the 2026 class.
Missouri2022 – 2025
UTEP2026 — presentPrevious schoolMissouriRecruiting4-star · No. 170 nationalOriginEl Paso, TX · Burges HS