Tavorus Jones runs his way to Missouri

EL PASO – Tavorus Jones received a rude welcome to varsity football as a freshman in 2018 when he fumbled twice in his first varsity appearance. He’d make amends the next game, and over the next three seasons to leave El Paso Burges with 3,589 yards rushing and 45 touchdowns on the ground and 72 receptions for 1,298 yards and 14 scores as a receiver out of the backfield. Jones averaged 10.2 yards a carry and 151.2 all-purpose yards per game over his four-year varsity career. 

The Missouri pledge is arguably the best football players to grace the field at Burges, and head coach James Routledge thinks he’s the best player he’ll ever coach. Jones rushed for 1,134 yards as a sophomore. He rushed for 1,673 yards as a senior. He’d likely be closer to 5,000 career rushing yards if not for COVID-19 shortening the El Paso season in 2020 to six games.