Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Western Michigan
Boone Bonnema
LB • 6'3" • 235 lbs • Zeeland, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Boone Bonnema shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
67
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
38
Sporadic game-to-game production
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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: 2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Western Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Player Story
Boone Bonnema built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Zeeland, MI wearing No. 22, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Boone Bonnema's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Western Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Boone Bonnema, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan. Boone Bonnema shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 62
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 4
Quick Answers
Boone Bonnema quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Michigan · LB
- Career Tackles
- 62
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Zeeland East · Western Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Zeeland East · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 26 tackles · LB 492nd (top 41%) · Mid-American 143rd (top 27%) · National 1,601st (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 6 | 12 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 12.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 7 | 18 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 62.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 8 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 28.2 |
Related Context
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Boone Bonnema played LB for Western Michigan. Across 6 tracked seasons, Boone Bonnema recorded 62 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Western Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Western Michigan paired 8 primary output with 22.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: St. Francis (PA)
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
22.2
Usage
9.6
Consistency
48.7
Best Game by takeover score
St. Francis (PA)
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. St. Francis (PA): 3. Syracuse: 0. Toledo: 2. Ball State: 2. Eastern Michigan: 0. Central Michigan: 1. Bowling Green: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. St. Francis (PA): 3 by 42.5. Syracuse: 4 by 16.7. Toledo: 5 by 40.8. Ball State: 4 by 36.7. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Central Michigan: 0 by 10. Bowling Green: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.5 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
St. Francis (PA)
Best efficiency game
42.5 vs St. Francis (PA)
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/22 | vs Bowling Green | L 10-34 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/8 | vs Central Michigan | W 38-28 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Eastern Michigan | W 45-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Ball StateSplash game | W 42-24 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ ToledoSplash game | L 31-49 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Syracuse | L 7-48 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/31 | vs St. Francis (PA)Splash game | W 35-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Boone Bonnema story
Boone Bonnema built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Zeeland, MI wearing No. 22, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Boone Bonnema's career was his defensive production: 62 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, and 3.5 sacks across 26 career games in the available record. That gives Boone Bonnema's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Western Michigan
2019-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | 4.2 | 0.5 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 1 | 10 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | 5.5 | 0.9 | -1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 8 | 22.2 | 9.6 | 8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 4 | 18.5 | 4.3 | -4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Wisconsin
Week 1 · L 14-28
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#2
vs St. Francis (PA)
Week 1 · W 35-17
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Kent State
Week 9 · W 52-21 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
72.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Toledo
Week 4 · L 31-49 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
69.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Ball State
Week 5 · W 42-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan
8 primary output · 22.2 efficiency · 9.6 usage
62.6
#2
2022 Regular Season · Western Michigan
37.7
0 primary · 5.5 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Western Michigan
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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