Player Dossier

2014-2017

Kent State

Jon Cunningham

DT • 6'1" • 295 lbs • Bedford, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jon Cunningham shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29 disruption score.

Usage / Role

59%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

75

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

63

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

79

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Kent State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Kent State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Player Story

Jon Cunningham built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive tackle from Bedford, OH wearing No. 90, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Jon Cunningham's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7333

Bedford · Bedford, OH

Committed To
Kent State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Jon Cunningham, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Kent State. Jon Cunningham shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
85
TFL
14.5
Sacks
2.5
QB hurries
5

Quick Answers

Jon Cunningham quick answers

Latest team and position
Kent State · DT
Career Tackles
85
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 23 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Kent State
Top game
Bowling Green
Recruit profile
2-star · Bedford · Kent State
High school pipeline
Bedford · 16 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 90 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
51 tackles · DT 15th (top 6%) · Mid-American 69th (top 13%) · National 670th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonKent State00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonKent State00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonKent State11344.513-045.4
2017 Regular SeasonKent State1251101.52-063.4

Related Context

Jon Cunningham played DT for Kent State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jon Cunningham recorded 85 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Kent State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Kent State paired 13.5 primary output with 29 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 29 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Kent State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

29

Usage

8.9

Consistency

50.9

Best Game by takeover score

Bowling Green

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 0. Howard: 0. Marshall: 1.5. Louisville: 1. Buffalo: 0.5. Northern Illinois: 1.5. Miami (OH): 0. Ohio: 3. Bowling Green: 3. Western Michigan: 2. Central Michigan: 1. Akron: 0

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. Clemson: 6 by 25. Howard: 5 by 20.8. Marshall: 2 by 23.3. Louisville: 1 by 14.2. Buffalo: 2 by 13.3. Northern Illinois: 6 by 40. Miami (OH): 7 by 29.2. Ohio: 4 by 46.7. Bowling Green: 7 by 59.2. Western Michigan: 4 by 36.7. Central Michigan: 5 by 30.8. Akron: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 2 · -1.4 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 10 · +1.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Bowling Green

Best efficiency game

59.2 vs Bowling Green

Result
Wed 11/22@ AkronL 14-2421000
Wed 11/15vs Central MichiganL 23-4252000
Thu 11/9@ Western MichiganSplash gameL 20-48431.500.500
Wed 11/1vs Bowling GreenSplash gameL 16-4474210
Sat 10/21@ OhioSplash gameL 3-4843300
Sat 10/14vs Miami (OH)W 17-1475000
Sat 10/7@ Northern IllinoisL 3-24621.5000
Sat 9/30vs BuffaloL 13-27210.5000
Sat 9/23@ LouisvilleL 3-4211100
Sat 9/16@ MarshallL 0-21210.5000
Sat 9/9vs HowardW 38-3153000
Sat 9/2@ ClemsonL 3-5660000

Player Story

Jon Cunningham story

Jon Cunningham built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive tackle from Bedford, OH wearing No. 90, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Jon Cunningham's career was his defensive production: 85 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Jon Cunningham's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Kent State

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonKent State0
2015 Regular SeasonKent State00
2016 Regular SeasonKent State8.520.67.48.5
2017 Regular SeasonKent State13.5298.95

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Bowling Green

Week 10 · L 16-44 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Ohio

Week 8 · L 3-48 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Alabama

Week 4 · L 0-48

2.5

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Buffalo

Week 6 · W 44-20 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

69.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Western Michigan

Week 11 · L 20-48 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Kent State

13.5 primary output · 29 efficiency · 8.9 usage

63.4

#2

2016 Regular Season · Kent State

45.4

8.5 primary · 20.6 efficiency · 7.4 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Kent State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games