Player Dossier

2018-2023

Georgia Southern

Jon Ferguson

LB • 6'1" • 235 lbs • Manchester, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jon Ferguson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.1 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.5

Efficiency

6.1

Consistency

4.8

Season Value

3.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Georgia Southern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Jon Ferguson, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Georgia Southern. Jon Ferguson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.1 disruption score.

Jon Ferguson played LB for Georgia Southern. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jon Ferguson recorded 53 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Georgia Southern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Georgia Southern paired 0 primary output with 10.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 6.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ohio

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Postseason · Georgia Southern

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

6.1

Usage

1.5

Consistency

4.8

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 0.5. Unknown: 0. UAB: 0. Ball State: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. Georgia State: 0. App State: 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. Ohio: 2 by 13.3. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. UAB: 1 by 4.2. Ball State: 1 by 4.2. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 1 by 4.2. App State: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Wins
First Half0.1 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 3 · -0.1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ohio

Best efficiency game

13.3 vs Ohio

Result
Sat 12/16@ OhioL 21-41200.5000
Sat 11/25@ App StateL 27-5511000
Thu 10/26vs Georgia StateW 44-2711000
Sat 9/30vs Coastal CarolinaW 38-2811000
Sat 9/23@ Ball StateW 40-311000
Sat 9/9vs UABW 49-3511000
Sat 9/2vs Unknown21000

Career Arc

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

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    Georgia Southern

    2018-2023

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2018201920202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern08.31.2
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern00
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern09.71.80
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern010.22.20
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern04.70.80
2023 PostseasonGeorgia Southern0.56.11.50.5
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern0.56.11.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Ohio

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5

Primary metric

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 22.6 takeover score.

#2

BYU

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.6 takeover score.

#3

App State

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.1 takeover score.

#4

Arkansas

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.3 takeover score.

#5

South Alabama

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2021 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

0 primary output · 10.2 efficiency · 2.2 usage

37.5

#2

2020 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

37.2

0 primary · 9.7 efficiency · 1.8 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

36.5

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8014

Manchester · Manchester, GA

Committed To
Georgia Southern
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

1

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

53

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 30 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.