Player Dossier

2014-2018

Central Michigan

Jonathan Carson

DL • 6'3" • 245 lbs • Milwaukee, WI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jonathan Carson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

22

Developing production for a defensive lineman

lowelite

Reliability

22

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

28

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Central Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Central Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
2★

Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7719

Messmer Catholic Schools · Milwaukee, WI

Committed To
Central Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Jonathan Carson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Central Michigan. Jonathan Carson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
6
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Jonathan Carson quick answers

Latest team and position
Central Michigan · DL
Career Tackles
6
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 5 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Central Michigan
Top game
Toledo
Recruit profile
2-star · Messmer Catholic Schools · Central Michigan
High school pipeline
Messmer Catholic Schools · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 85 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
6 tackles · DL 551st (top 70%) · Mid-American 290th (top 53%) · National 3,136th (top 54%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan10-0--033.3
2017 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan46-01-035.5

Related Context

Jonathan Carson played DL for Central Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jonathan Carson recorded 33 receiving yards and 6 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Central Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Central Michigan paired 1 primary output with 8.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Toledo

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Central Michigan

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

8.8

Usage

3

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Toledo

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Toledo: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 2 by 8.3. Toledo: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

First Half0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Toledo

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Toledo

Result
Fri 11/23@ ToledoL 13-5133000
Sat 11/10vs Bowling GreenL 13-2421000
Sat 11/3@ Eastern MichiganL 7-1711000
Sat 10/20vs Western MichiganL 10-35

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Central Michigan

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan0
2015 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00
2016 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan0000
2017 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00
2018 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan18.831

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Toledo

Week 13 · L 13-51 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

68.9 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Bowling Green

Week 11 · L 13-24 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

6.7 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.

#3

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 10 · L 7-17 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

2.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 2.8 takeover score.

#4

vs Presbyterian

Week 1 · W 49-3

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#5

vs Western Michigan

Week 8 · L 10-35 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Central Michigan

1 primary output · 8.8 efficiency · 3 usage

35.5

#2

2016 Regular Season · Central Michigan

33.3

0 primary · 0 efficiency · 0 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Central Michigan

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games