Senior linebacker for San José State. 2022: 7 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.
6′3″ · 215 lb · Milpitas, CA
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 364 nationally · Joined San José State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for San José State. 2022: 7 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.
Dion Leonard
A 2-star signing who has since put three seasons on the field at San José State. The receipt: 3 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Western Michigan — Week 4, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at San José State, 18 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Brent Brennan.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Brent Brennan — 19-13 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2022 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
51.0%
106 pass / 102 run
Plays / game
69.3
3 games
Team sack rate
1.8%
110 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | San José State | 7 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | San José State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | San José State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 18 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 34-6vs Western Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 33-16@ Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-7vs UNLV | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-17@ Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-28vs Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |