Jones Nominated For Allstate AFCA Good Works Team

NORTHBROOK, Ill. – East Carolina offensive lineman Karson Jones is certainly one of 162 student-athletes chosen as a nominee for the 2026 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team in line with an announcement by the AFCA Monday. The award acknowledges student-athletes from each degree of faculty soccer who’re making an affect by means of neighborhood service, tutorial achievement and management.
 

A spring 2026 graduate with a level in communications who’s pursuing an MBA at East Carolina, Jones is a four-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll member and a two-time American Conference All-Academic Team choice (2023 & 2024). In neighborhood, he has volunteered on the Joy Soup Kitchen, participated within the Ignite Church Hurricane Relief Project, helped field packages for army members stationed overseas and has visited native elementary colleges and hospitals. As a member of the East Carolina Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC), he helped manage over 300 neighborhood service hours for student-athletes since stepping on campus in 2024.
 
 On the sphere, Jones has performed in 5 collegiate video games, showing in three for the Pirates in 2024 earlier than struggling an harm that sidelined him for the 2025 marketing campaign. He has been a part of a program that has produced 17 wins and consecutive Go Bowling Military Bowl Championships the final two seasons beneath head coach Blake Harrell.

2026 Preseason Honors

 

OL – Brandon Best

First Team All-American Conference (Phil Steele Magazine)

Second Team All-American Conference (Athlon Sports)

Second Team All-American Conference (Lindy’s Sports)

 

OL – Hayes Creel

Third Team All-American Conference (Phil Steele Magazine)

Fourth Team All-American Conference (Athlon Sports)

 

DL – Kendrick DuJour

Second Team All-American Conference (Athlon Sports)

Second Team All-American Conference (Lindy’s Sports)

Second Team All-American Conference (Phil Steele Magazine)

RB – Ashton Gray

Second Team All-American Conference (Athlon Sports)

 

LB – DJ Johnson Jr.

Third Team All-American Conference (Athlon Sports)

Fourth Team All-American Conference (Phil Steele Magazine)

OL – Karson Jones

Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Nominee

 

WR – Tyler Johnson

Third Team All-American Conference (Phil Steele Magazine)

DB – Kevon Merrell Jr.

Fourth Team All-American Conference (Athlon Sports)

 

DB – Ashton Levells-Mitchell

Third Team All-American Conference (Phil Steele Magazine)

Fourth Team All-American Conference (Athlon Sports)

 

WR – Landon Sides

Third Team All-American Conference (Athlon Sports)

 

WR – Brock Spalding

First Team All-American Conference (Athlon Sports)

First Team All-American Conference (Phil Steele Magazine)

Second Team All-American Conference (Lindy’s Sports)

DL – Jasiyah Robinson

First Team All-American Conference (Athlon Sports)

Second Team All-American Conference (Phil Steele Magazine)

 

DL – Rion Roseborough

Fourth Team All-American Conference (Athlon Sports)

Fourth Team All-American Conference (Phil Steele Magazine)

 

The Pirates will open the 2026 season on Saturday, Sept. 5 when it travels to Tuscaloosa, Ala. to tackle Alabama at Saban Field inside Bryant-Denny Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 12 midday (ET) and will probably be televised on ABC. Season ticket orders are at present on sale, with packages beginning at simply $75 for the six-game dwelling slate at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium this fall. To buy new season tickets, go to ECUPirates.com or contact the ECU Athletics Ticket Office at (252) 737-4500 throughout regular enterprise hours (Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.).