Jonathan Celestin: LB · Minnesota · #13.
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Jonathan Celestin
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for two head coaches in two seasons at Minnesota. On tape: 15 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Maryland, Week 5, 2017.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
78 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 5.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-7vs Buffalo | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-14@ Oregon State | 10 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-3vs Middle Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-31vs Maryland | 15 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 17-31@ Purdue | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-30vs No. 21 Michigan State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-17vs Illinois | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-17@ Iowa | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-33@ Michigan | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 54-21vs Nebraska | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-39@ Northwestern | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-31vs No. 5 Wisconsin | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 78 | 55 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
78tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%6 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
3%2 pass breakups78 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 6.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
30.9%
231 pass / 517 run
Plays / game
62.3
12 games
Team sack rate
8.0%
262 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
78 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Minnesota, 158 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jerry Kill, Tracy Claeys, and P.J. Fleck. Multi-era developmental context.
