Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Texas Tech
John Bonney
DB • 6'1" • 205 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
John Bonney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
22
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
44
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Texas • Texas Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Player Story
John Bonney built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 24, spending time with Texas and Texas Tech. The clearest part of John Bonney's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
John Bonney, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Texas. John Bonney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 90
- TFL
- 1.5
- Sacks
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 13
Quick Answers
John Bonney quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas Tech · DB
- Career Tackles
- 90
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Texas
- Top game
- Kansas
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Lamar · Texas
- High school pipeline
- Lamar · 39 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · DB 291st (top 34%) · Big 12 100th (top 25%) · National 1,294th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas | 10 | 39 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 51.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas | 9 | 19 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | 3 | 0 | 34.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 11 | 32 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16.5 |
Related Context
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John Bonney played DB for Texas and Texas Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, John Bonney recorded 90 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Texas paired 10.5 primary output with 26.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Texas, Texas Tech.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2018 Regular Season · Texas Tech
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
14.4
Usage
2.6
Consistency
6.1
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ole Miss: 0. Lamar: 1. Houston: 0. Oklahoma State: 1.5. West Virginia: 0. TCU: 0. Kansas: 0. Iowa State: 0. Texas: 0. Kansas State: 0. Baylor: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ole Miss: 8 by 33.3. Lamar: 2 by 18.3. Houston: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma State: 3 by 27.5. West Virginia: 1 by 4.2. TCU: 3 by 12.5. Kansas: 3 by 12.5. Iowa State: 4 by 16.7. Texas: 2 by 8.3. Kansas State: 1 by 4.2. Baylor: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 5 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 6 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
Best efficiency game
33.3 vs Ole Miss
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/24 | vs Baylor | L 24-35 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/17 | @ Kansas State | L 6-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/11 | vs Texas | L 34-41 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | @ Iowa State | L 31-40 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Kansas | W 48-16 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/11 | @ TCU | W 17-14 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | vs West Virginia | L 34-42 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Oklahoma State | W 41-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Houston | W 63-49 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Lamar | W 77-0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Ole Miss | L 27-47 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
John Bonney story
John Bonney built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 24, spending time with Texas and Texas Tech. The clearest part of John Bonney's career was his defensive production: 90 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 30 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Texas. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but John Bonney's production has multiple signals. With 30 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Texas and Texas Tech.
The arc is straightforward: John Bonney moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Texas
2014-2017
Opening stop
- 2
Texas Tech
2018
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas | 10.5 | 26.8 | 3.1 | 10.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas | 5 | 14.4 | 2.6 | -5.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 2.5 | 14.4 | 2.6 | -2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Kansas
Week 12 · L 21-24 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Oklahoma
Week 7 · L 24-29 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Baylor
Week 9 · W 35-34 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
56.9 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 56.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Baylor
Week 9 · W 38-7 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
56.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Oklahoma State
Week 4 · W 41-17 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
55.8 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Texas
10.5 primary output · 26.8 efficiency · 3.1 usage
51.1
#2
2017 Regular Season · Texas
34.8
5 primary · 14.4 efficiency · 2.6 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Texas Tech
16.5
2.5 primary · 14.4 efficiency · 2.6 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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