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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Nevada
Jonathan Maldonado
DE • 6'6" • 233 lbs • Monrovia, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jonathan Maldonado shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
59
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
86
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Nevada
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Nevada
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
Player Story
Jonathan Maldonado built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive end from Monrovia, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Jonathan Maldonado's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Nevada
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Jonathan Maldonado, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Nevada. Jonathan Maldonado shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 63
- TFL
- 12
- Sacks
- 6.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 5
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Jonathan Maldonado quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nevada · DE
- Career Tackles
- 63
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Nevada
- Top game
- Fresno State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Arcadia · Nevada
- High school pipeline
- Arcadia · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 38 tackles · DE 38th (top 14%) · Mountain West 79th (top 15%) · National 998th (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Nevada | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nevada | 7 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 8.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nevada | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 39 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Nevada | 12 | 38 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 68.1 |
Related Context
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Jonathan Maldonado played DE for Nevada. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jonathan Maldonado recorded 63 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Nevada.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Nevada paired 20 primary output with 29.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 29.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Nevada
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.7
Efficiency
29.5
Usage
11
Consistency
51
Best Game by takeover score
Fresno State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 0. Sacramento State: 3. Middle Tennessee: 2. Western Kentucky: 2. Fresno State: 5.5. San Diego State: 1. New Mexico: 2. Boise State: 2. Utah State: 0. San José State: 0.5. Wyoming: 1. UNLV: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 4 by 16.7. Sacramento State: 3 by 42.5. Middle Tennessee: 5 by 40.8. Western Kentucky: 3 by 32.5. Fresno State: 5 by 70.8. San Diego State: 1 by 14.2. New Mexico: 4 by 36.7. Boise State: 2 by 28.3. Utah State: 4 by 16.7. San José State: 4 by 21.7. Wyoming: 2 by 18.3. UNLV: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.5 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.7 · Games = 9 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Fresno State
Best efficiency game
70.8 vs Fresno State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | vs UNLV | L 17-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Wyoming | W 13-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs San José State | W 55-10 | 4 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Utah State | L 14-51 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Boise StateSplash game | L 3-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/19 | @ New MexicoSplash game | L 22-24 | 4 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/12 | vs San Diego State | L 10-44 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/5 | @ Fresno State2+ sacks · Splash game | L 17-20 | 5 | 4 | — | 2.50 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Western KentuckySplash game | L 16-31 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Middle TennesseeSplash game | L 13-14 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Sacramento StateSplash game | W 20-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Penn State | L 11-46 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jonathan Maldonado story
Jonathan Maldonado built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive end from Monrovia, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Jonathan Maldonado's career was his defensive production: 63 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 26 career games in the available record. That gives Jonathan Maldonado's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Nevada
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Nevada | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nevada | 1 | 6.2 | 2.1 | 1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nevada | 5.5 | 18 | 6.8 | 4.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Nevada | 20 | 29.5 | 11 | 14.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 66 Fresno State
Week 6 · L 17-20 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5.5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Hawai'i
Week 9 · L 13-34 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Eastern Washington
Week 4 · W 49-16
1.5
Havoc Plays
69.7 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Sacramento State
Week 2 · W 20-17
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Havoc Plays
65.7 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 65.7 takeover score.
#5
vs New Mexico
Week 9 · W 34-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Nevada
20 primary output · 29.5 efficiency · 11 usage
68.1
#2
2024 Regular Season · Nevada
39
5.5 primary · 18 efficiency · 6.8 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Nevada
8.3
1 primary · 6.2 efficiency · 2.1 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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