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Bryson Bonds

Senior defensive back for Indiana. 2024: 1 interception, 19 tackles.

DB · Indiana · Sr. · #24

6′0″ · 199 lb · Crowley, TX

CFB Index 23 · #481 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Indiana for 2026

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1163 nationally · Signed with Crowley

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Indiana. 2024: 1 interception, 19 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Crowley in 2020.

His career, year by year

Bryson Bonds

DB · Indiana · Sr · #24

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Five seasons at Indiana, two different head coaches: Tom Allen and Curt Cignetti. The receipt: 4 tackles against Nebraska — Week 8, 2024.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Indiana6-2HC: Tom Allen · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Indiana2-10HC: Tom Allen · Pass-heavy, slow tempo

2022Indiana4-8HC: Tom Allen · Pass-leaning

2023Indiana3-9HC: Tom Allen · Run-leaning

2024Indiana11-2HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

23Below cohort / limited sample #481 of 537?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

Tackles#2061 / 2892 · 27th pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

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QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

Solo tackles#2420 / 2892 · 14th pct

Tackles for loss#2477 / 2892 · 7th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road3g	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

23 · #481 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #481 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Indiana	19	7	--	1	--
2023	Indiana	4	4	--	--	--
2022	Indiana	14	8	--	--	--
2021	Indiana	1	--	--	--	--
2020	Indiana	2	1	--	--	--
Career		40	20	--	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024

W 20–15

vs Michigan

1 SOLO · 3 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With K. Rourke — 206 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 44.3 · -28 rush yds (5 car) · J. Evans — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 31-7vs Florida International	1	0	—
Wk 3	W 42-13@ UCLA	2	1	—
Wk 4	W 52-14vs Charlotte	3	0	—
Wk 5	W 42-28vs Maryland	2	1	—
Wk 8	W 56-7vs Nebraska	4	3	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 9	W 31-17vs Washington	1	0	—
Wk 11	W 20-15vs Michigan	3	1	—
Wk 13	L 15-38@ Ohio State	1	0	—
Wk 14	W 66-0vs Purdue	1	1	1
Bowl	L 17-27@ Notre Dame	1	0	—
Total		19	7	1