Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2024Virginia
Jonas Sanker
S • 6'1" • 210 lbs • Charlottesville, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jonas Sanker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a safety
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Reliability
96
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
93
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
Player Story
Jonas Sanker built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a safety from Charlottesville, VA wearing No. 20, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Jonas Sanker's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Western Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 29
- Overall
- No. 93
- NFL Team
- New Orleans Saints
Jonas Sanker, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Virginia. Jonas Sanker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 273
- TFL
- 13.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 17
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Jonas Sanker quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia · S
- Career Tackles
- 273
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Virginia
- Top game
- Notre Dame
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Moody · Western Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Moody · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 3 · Pick 29 · New Orleans Saints
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 98 tackles · S 7th (top 2%) · ACC 7th (top 1%) · National 51st (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia | 10 | 63 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 24.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Virginia | 12 | 107 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 71.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Virginia | 12 | 98 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 73.6 |
Related Context
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Jonas Sanker played S for Virginia. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jonas Sanker recorded 273 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Virginia paired 17 primary output with 47.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 50.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Virginia
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
50.5
Usage
9.1
Consistency
64.8
Best Game by takeover score
Boston College
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 2. James Madison: 1.5. Maryland: 1. NC State: 1. Boston College: 2. William & Mary: 1. North Carolina: 0.5. Miami: 2. Georgia Tech: 0. Louisville: 1. Duke: 2. Virginia Tech: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee: 7 by 49.2. James Madison: 12 by 65. Maryland: 9 by 47.5. NC State: 5 by 30.8. Boston College: 12 by 70. William & Mary: 8 by 43.3. North Carolina: 7 by 34.2. Miami: 9 by 57.5. Georgia Tech: 10 by 41.7. Louisville: 11 by 55.8. Duke: 7 by 49.2. Virginia Tech: 10 by 61.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1.2 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 9 · +0.2 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
Boston College
Best efficiency game
70 vs Boston College
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Virginia Tech10+ tackles · Splash game | L 17-55 | 10 | 8 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs DukeSplash game | W 30-27 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Fri 11/10 | @ Louisville10+ tackles | L 24-31 | 11 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Georgia Tech10+ tackles | L 17-45 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ MiamiSplash game | L 26-29 | 9 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ North Carolina | W 31-27 | 7 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs William & Mary | W 27-13 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Boston College10+ tackles · Splash game | L 24-27 | 12 | 10 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 9/22 | vs NC State | L 21-24 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 9/15 | @ Maryland | L 14-42 | 9 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs James Madison10+ tackles | L 35-36 | 12 | 8 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | @ TennesseeSplash game | L 13-49 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
Jonas Sanker story
Jonas Sanker built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a safety from Charlottesville, VA wearing No. 20, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Jonas Sanker's career was his defensive production: 273 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Virginia. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Jonas Sanker's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 14 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Virginia.
The arc is straightforward: Jonas Sanker moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Virginia
2021-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | 7 | 1.1 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia | 3.5 | 29.8 | 4.6 | 3.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Virginia | 16 | 50.5 | 9.1 | 12.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Virginia | 17 | 47.8 | 11.2 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Notre Dame
Week 12 · L 14-35
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
93.3 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 93.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Wake Forest
Week 2 · W 31-30 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Boston College
Week 5 · L 24-27 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#4
vs Virginia Tech
Week 13 · L 17-55 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Pittsburgh
Week 11 · W 24-19 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Virginia
17 primary output · 47.8 efficiency · 11.2 usage
73.6
#2
2023 Regular Season · Virginia
71.4
16 primary · 50.5 efficiency · 9.1 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Virginia
38.7
0 primary · 7 efficiency · 1.1 usage
Milestones
14
Impact games
10
Splash games
11
10+ tackle games
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