Kansas State University Athletics
2022 Football Roster
Jersey Number 58
Cartez Crook-Jones
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 270
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Grandview, Mo.
- High School:
- Grandview
CAREER: Played in eight games over four seasons for the Wildcats prior to transferring for his final collegiate season.
2022: Saw time in one game as he picked up a tackle against South Dakota.
2021: Saw the most extensive action of his career, as he was a regular in the playing rotation during five games... Totaled his first three career tackles with two coming against Iowa State and one against TCU.
2020: Played against Kansas as a reserve defensive lineman but did not record any statistics.
2019: Saw time against Bowling Green as a reserve defensive end.
2018: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Grandview under head coach Jeremie Picard... Viewed as the 11th-best player in the state of Missouri for the Class of 2018 by ESPN... Earned second team all-state honors from the Missouri state media as a senior in 2017... Was a second team all-league player as a junior in 2016 after posting 55 tackles, 9.0 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss and three forced fumbles... Picked up second team all-metro honors from the Kansas City Star, while he was named to the All-Jackson County Advocate team as a senior in 2017... Also played basketball for the Bulldogs.
PERSONAL: Cartez Crook-Jones was born August 28, 1999... Son of Aikeisha Crook... Obtained his undergraduate degree from K-State in communication studies in May 2022.
2022: Saw time in one game as he picked up a tackle against South Dakota.
2021: Saw the most extensive action of his career, as he was a regular in the playing rotation during five games... Totaled his first three career tackles with two coming against Iowa State and one against TCU.
2020: Played against Kansas as a reserve defensive lineman but did not record any statistics.
2019: Saw time against Bowling Green as a reserve defensive end.
2018: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Grandview under head coach Jeremie Picard... Viewed as the 11th-best player in the state of Missouri for the Class of 2018 by ESPN... Earned second team all-state honors from the Missouri state media as a senior in 2017... Was a second team all-league player as a junior in 2016 after posting 55 tackles, 9.0 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss and three forced fumbles... Picked up second team all-metro honors from the Kansas City Star, while he was named to the All-Jackson County Advocate team as a senior in 2017... Also played basketball for the Bulldogs.
PERSONAL: Cartez Crook-Jones was born August 28, 1999... Son of Aikeisha Crook... Obtained his undergraduate degree from K-State in communication studies in May 2022.
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