Player Dossier

2016-2021

Toledo

Jonathan Jones

LB • 5'11" • 225 lbs • Ocoee, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jonathan Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

50%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

62

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

51

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Toledo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Notre Dame • Toledo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Player Story

Jonathan Jones built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a linebacker from Ocoee, FL wearing No. 30, spending time with Notre Dame and Toledo. The clearest part of Jonathan Jones' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8773

Oak Ridge · Orlando, FL

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Jonathan Jones, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Toledo. Jonathan Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
128
TFL
11
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Jonathan Jones quick answers

Latest team and position
Toledo · LB
Career Tackles
128
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 26 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Toledo
Top game
Bowling Green
Recruit profile
3-star · Oak Ridge · Notre Dame
High school pipeline
Oak Ridge · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 30 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
95 tackles · LB 64th (top 6%) · Mid-American 11th (top 2%) · National 77th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonNotre Dame10-0--052.1
2017 PostseasonNotre Dame51-0--012.9
2017 Regular SeasonNotre Dame5910-1012.9
2018 Regular SeasonNotre Dame24101-027.8
2019 Regular SeasonNotre Dame11-0--036.7
2020 Regular SeasonToledo418-01-017.3
2021 PostseasonToledo1360.50--070.4
2021 Regular SeasonToledo13898.53.543070.4

Related Context

Jonathan Jones played LB for Notre Dame and Toledo. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jonathan Jones recorded 128 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Toledo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Toledo paired 19.5 primary output with 44.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 44.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Notre Dame, Toledo.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Postseason · Toledo

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

44.8

Usage

10.5

Consistency

49.1

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. Middle Tennessee: 0.5. Norfolk State: 1. Notre Dame: 3. Colorado State: 0.5. Ball State: 1. Massachusetts: 2. Northern Illinois: 2. Central Michigan: 1. Western Michigan: 2. Eastern Michigan: 1. Bowling Green: 3.5. Ohio: 2. 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. Middle Tennessee: 6 by 30. Norfolk State: 7 by 39.2. Notre Dame: 4 by 46.7. Colorado State: 5 by 25.8. Ball State: 6 by 35. Massachusetts: 5 by 40.8. Northern Illinois: 12 by 70. Central Michigan: 9 by 47.5. Western Michigan: 6 by 45. Eastern Michigan: 11 by 55.8. Bowling Green: 7 by 64.2. Ohio: 14 by 70. Akron: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.6 · Games = 7 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Bowling Green

Best efficiency game

70 vs Ohio

Result
Fri 12/17vs Middle TennesseeL 24-31630.5000
Sat 11/27vs AkronW 49-1430000
Wed 11/17@ Ohio10+ tackles · Splash gameW 35-231430.500.500
Thu 11/11@ Bowling GreenSplash gameW 49-17752.5010
Tue 11/2vs Eastern Michigan10+ tacklesL 49-52112000
Sat 10/23vs Western MichiganSplash gameW 34-1560001
Sat 10/16@ Central MichiganL 23-2692100
Sat 10/9vs Northern Illinois10+ tackles · Splash gameL 20-22122101
Sat 10/2@ MassachusettsSplash gameW 45-752110
Sat 9/25@ Ball StateW 22-1265001
Sat 9/18vs Colorado StateL 6-22510.5000
Sat 9/11@ Notre DameSplash gameL 29-3242110
Sat 9/4vs Norfolk StateW 49-1073100

Player Story

Jonathan Jones story

Jonathan Jones built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a linebacker from Ocoee, FL wearing No. 30, spending time with Notre Dame and Toledo. The clearest part of Jonathan Jones' career was his defensive production: 128 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 26 career games in the available record. That gives Jonathan Jones' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Notre Dame

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Toledo

    2020-2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20162017201720182019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonNotre Dame12010
2017 PostseasonNotre Dame212.41.91
2017 Regular SeasonNotre Dame212.41.90
2018 Regular SeasonNotre Dame218.43.90
2019 Regular SeasonNotre Dame04.20.7-2
2020 Regular SeasonToledo121.34.21
2021 PostseasonToledo19.544.810.518.5
2021 Regular SeasonToledo19.544.810.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Bowling Green

Week 11 · W 49-17 · Conference game

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Havoc Plays

88.1 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Ohio

Week 12 · W 35-23 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

75.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Central Michigan

Week 15 · W 24-23 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Notre Dame

Week 2 · L 29-32

3

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Northern Illinois

Week 6 · L 20-22 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

69.9 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Toledo

19.5 primary output · 44.8 efficiency · 10.5 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · Toledo

70.4

19.5 primary · 44.8 efficiency · 10.5 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Notre Dame

52.1

1 primary · 20 efficiency · 10 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

7

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games