Senior safety on Buffalo's 2025 roster.
6′0″ · 197 lb · Wappingers Falls, NY
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Jonathan Capo
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Jonathan Capo has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Buffalo. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Bowling Green — Week 10, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Maurice Linguist → Pete Lembo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
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
2025 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Lembo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | L 17-20vs UConn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-24vs Akron | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-3@ Bowling Green | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 19-38@ Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Buffalo
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Buffalo
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Buffalo · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #120 · 2026 recruiting class #101
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Ny'Quee Hawkins’s 2022 season.
Matches Ny'Quee on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Darrius Bratton's junior season at Virginia (2022).
Matches Darrius on