Jonathan Bonner: DL · Notre Dame · #55.
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Jonathan Bonner
Wins the gap play after play. Three seasons in the Notre Dame defensive front to date. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Navy — Week 9, 2018.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 20 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2017 | Notre Dame | 29 | 14 | 2.5 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2016 | Notre Dame | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 56 | 25 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-17vs No. 14 Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-16vs Ball State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 22-17vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-27@ Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 38-17vs No. 7 Stanford | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-23@ No. 24 Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 19-14vs Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 44-22vs Navy | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-21@ Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-13vs Florida State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-17@ USC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 3-30vs No. 2 Clemson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 20 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
0%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
5%1 hurry20 tackles.
3 seasons under Brian Kelly — 26-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
44.9%
419 pass / 514 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Notre Dame, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Brian Kelly.
