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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Southern Miss
Jonathan Pennix
CB • 6'0" • 180 lbs • Concord, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jonathan Pennix shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Virginia Tech • Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Troy
Player Story
Jonathan Pennix built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Concord, VA wearing No. 11, spending time with Southern Miss and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Jonathan Pennix's career was...
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- Committed To
- Virginia Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Jonathan Pennix, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Southern Miss. Jonathan Pennix shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 22
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Jonathan Pennix quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · CB
- Career Tackles
- 22
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Southern Miss
- Top game
- Troy
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Appomattox County · Virginia Tech
- High school pipeline
- Appomattox County · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 20 tackles · CB 182nd (top 39%) · Sun Belt 232nd (top 37%) · National 2,042nd (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Postseason | Virginia Tech | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.6 |
| 2025 Postseason | Southern Miss | 11 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 45.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 11 | 17 | - | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 45.7 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Southern Miss to Troy | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 21.2 | Jan 17, 2026 |
| 2025 | Virginia Tech to Southern Miss | P4 to G5/FCS | 80 | Jan 13, 2025 |
Jonathan Pennix played CB for Virginia Tech and Southern Miss. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jonathan Pennix recorded 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Southern Miss paired 8 primary output with 14.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 14.9 efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Virginia Tech, Southern Miss.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Troy
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Southern Miss
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
14.9
Usage
2
Consistency
51.5
Best Game by takeover score
Troy
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 0. Jackson State: 1. App State: 1. Jacksonville State: 0. Georgia Southern: 2. Louisiana: 1. UL Monroe: 1. Arkansas State: 0. Texas State: 0. South Alabama: 0. Troy: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Kentucky: 3 by 12.5. Jackson State: 3 by 22.5. App State: 0 by 10. Jacksonville State: 2 by 8.3. Georgia Southern: 2 by 28.3. Louisiana: 1 by 14.2. UL Monroe: 0 by 10. Arkansas State: 4 by 16.7. Texas State: 1 by 4.2. South Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Troy: 3 by 32.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.9 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Troy
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs Troy
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/23 | vs Western Kentucky | L 16-27 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs TroySplash game | L 18-28 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ South Alabama | L 35-42 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Texas State | L 14-41 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Arkansas State | W 27-21 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs UL Monroe | W 49-21 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Louisiana | W 22-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 10/10 | @ Georgia SouthernSplash game | W 38-35 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Jacksonville State | W 42-25 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs App State | W 38-22 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Jackson State | W 38-20 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Jonathan Pennix story
Jonathan Pennix built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Concord, VA wearing No. 11, spending time with Southern Miss and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Jonathan Pennix's career was his defensive production: 22 tackles, 2 interceptions, and 6 passes defended across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Southern Miss. 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 Jonathan Pennix's production has multiple signals. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Southern Miss and Virginia Tech.
The arc is straightforward: Jonathan Pennix 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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- 1
Virginia Tech
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Southern Miss
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Virginia Tech | 0 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Southern Miss | 8 | 14.9 | 2 | 8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 8 | 14.9 | 2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 87 Troy
Week 14 · L 18-28 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
66.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.9 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 103 Georgia Southern
Week 7 · W 38-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Jackson State
Week 2 · W 38-20
1
Havoc Plays
29.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.2 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 105 Louisiana
Week 8 · W 22-10 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
23.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 23.3 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 131 UL Monroe
Week 9 · W 49-21 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
20 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 20 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Southern Miss
8 primary output · 14.9 efficiency · 2 usage
45.7
#2
2025 Regular Season · Southern Miss
45.7
8 primary · 14.9 efficiency · 2 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Virginia Tech
35.6
0 primary · 2.8 efficiency · 0.5 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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