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Player Dossier
2018-2022Penn State
Jonathan Sutherland
LB • 5'11" • 211 lbs • Ottawa, ON, CAN
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jonathan Sutherland shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
37
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Player Story
Jonathan Sutherland built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Ottawa, ON, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Jonathan Sutherland's career was his defensive production: 134...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Jonathan Sutherland, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Penn State. Jonathan Sutherland shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 134
- TFL
- 8
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Jonathan Sutherland quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 134
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 49 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Episcopal · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Episcopal · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 35 tackles · LB 407th (top 33%) · Big Ten 106th (top 17%) · National 1,088th (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Penn State | 12 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 25.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Penn State | 12 | 36 | 2 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 25.6 |
| 2019 Postseason | Penn State | 10 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 10 | 22 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0.5 | - | 2 | 0 | 36 |
| 2021 Postseason | Penn State | 7 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 12 | 35 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 42.3 |
Related Context
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Jonathan Sutherland played LB for Penn State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jonathan Sutherland recorded 134 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Penn State paired 5.5 primary output with 16.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Penn State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
16.7
Usage
4.6
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 2. Ohio: 1. Auburn: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Northwestern: 0. Michigan: 0. Minnesota: 1. Ohio State: 0. Indiana: 0. Maryland: 1. Rutgers: 0.5. Michigan State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Purdue: 3 by 32.5. Ohio: 1 by 14.2. Auburn: 2 by 8.3. Central Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 3 by 12.5. Michigan: 7 by 29.2. Minnesota: 3 by 22.5. Ohio State: 2 by 8.3. Indiana: 2 by 8.3. Maryland: 4 by 26.7. Rutgers: 4 by 21.7. Michigan State: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 10 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.6 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
Purdue
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs Purdue
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Michigan State | W 35-16 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | @ Rutgers | W 55-10 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Maryland | W 30-0 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Indiana | W 45-14 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Ohio State | L 31-44 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Minnesota | W 45-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Michigan | L 17-41 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Northwestern | W 17-7 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Central Michigan | W 33-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Auburn | W 41-12 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Ohio | W 46-10 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/2 | @ PurdueSplash game | W 35-31 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jonathan Sutherland story
Jonathan Sutherland built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Ottawa, ON, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Jonathan Sutherland's career was his defensive production: 134 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 49 career games in the available record. That gives Jonathan Sutherland's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Penn State
2018-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20182018201920192020202120212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Penn State | 3 | 16 | 2.8 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Penn State | 3 | 16 | 2.8 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Penn State | 0.5 | 10.1 | 1.8 | -2.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 0.5 | 10.1 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 4.5 | 12.4 | 2.2 | 4 |
| 2021 Postseason | Penn State | 4 | 20 | 4.6 | -0.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 4 | 20 | 4.6 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 5.5 | 16.7 | 4.6 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Illinois
Week 4 · W 63-24 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#2
@ Purdue
Week 1 · W 35-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Rutgers
Week 12 · W 28-0 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
76.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Michigan State
Week 15 · W 39-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Kent State
Week 3 · W 63-10
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Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Penn State
5.5 primary output · 16.7 efficiency · 4.6 usage
42.3
#2
2021 Postseason · Penn State
36.4
4 primary · 20 efficiency · 4.6 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Penn State
36.4
4 primary · 20 efficiency · 4.6 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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