Player Dossier

2014-2018

Oregon State

Jonathan Willis

LB • 6'1" • 232 lbs • Tulsa, OK, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jonathan Willis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

78%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

84

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

64

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

83

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

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

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Oregon State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Player Story

Jonathan Willis built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Tulsa, OK wearing No. 32, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Jonathan Willis' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8044

Booker T. Washington · Tulsa, OK

Committed To
Oregon State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Jonathan Willis, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Oregon State. Jonathan Willis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
129
TFL
9
Sacks
4
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Jonathan Willis quick answers

Latest team and position
Oregon State · LB
Career Tackles
129
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Oregon State
Top game
Stanford
Recruit profile
3-star · Booker T. Washington · Oregon State
High school pipeline
Booker T. Washington · 27 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 32 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
35 tackles · LB 403rd (top 35%) · Pac-12 96th (top 19%) · National 1,147th (top 20%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonOregon State00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonOregon State10-0--050
2016 Regular SeasonOregon State92610-1017.2
2017 Regular SeasonOregon State12686322067.4
2018 Regular SeasonOregon State1135211-022.6

Related Context

Jonathan Willis played LB for Oregon State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jonathan Willis recorded 129 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Oregon State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Oregon State paired 13 primary output with 34.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 34.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Oregon State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

34.4

Usage

11.5

Consistency

39.7

Best Game by takeover score

Stanford

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Portland State: 0. Colorado State: 0. Minnesota: 0.5. Washington State: 1. Washington: 1. USC: 2. Colorado: 3. Stanford: 4. California: 0. Arizona: 0. Arizona State: 0. Oregon: 1.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Portland State: 2 by 8.3. Colorado State: 5 by 20.8. Minnesota: 12 by 55. Washington State: 3 by 22.5. Washington: 5 by 30.8. USC: 3 by 32.5. Colorado: 7 by 59.2. Stanford: 10 by 81.7. California: 5 by 20.8. Arizona: 4 by 16.7. Arizona State: 8 by 33.3. Oregon: 4 by 31.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 1 · -1.2 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 11 · +1.2 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

Stanford

Best efficiency game

81.7 vs Stanford

Result
Sun 11/26@ OregonL 10-69410.5001
Sat 11/18vs Arizona StateL 24-4084000
Sun 11/12@ ArizonaL 28-4944000
Sat 11/4@ CaliforniaL 23-3753000
Fri 10/27vs Stanford10+ tackles · Splash gameL 14-15106211
Sat 10/14vs ColoradoSplash gameL 33-3674110
Sat 10/7@ USCSplash gameL 10-3832110
Sun 10/1vs WashingtonL 7-4252100
Sat 9/16@ Washington StateL 23-5231000
Sun 9/10vs Minnesota10+ tacklesL 14-481250.5000
Sat 9/2vs Portland StateW 35-3222000
Sat 8/26@ Colorado StateL 27-5852000

Player Story

Jonathan Willis story

Jonathan Willis built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Tulsa, OK wearing No. 32, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Jonathan Willis' career was his defensive production: 129 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. His career also includes 16 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jonathan Willis' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Oregon State

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonOregon State0
2015 Regular SeasonOregon State000
2016 Regular SeasonOregon State214.33.82
2017 Regular SeasonOregon State1334.411.511
2018 Regular SeasonOregon State416.94-9

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Stanford

Week 9 · L 14-15 · Conference game

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

93.9 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 93.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Southern Utah

Week 2 · W 48-25

2

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#3

@ Colorado

Week 5 · L 6-47 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

79.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Colorado

Week 7 · L 33-36 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

78.1 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.

#5

@ USC

Week 6 · L 10-38 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

60.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Oregon State

13 primary output · 34.4 efficiency · 11.5 usage

67.4

#2

2015 Regular Season · Oregon State

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Oregon State

22.6

4 primary · 16.9 efficiency · 4 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

4

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games