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Jonathan Jean

Senior defensive back on East Carolina's 2025 roster.

DB · East Carolina · Sr. · #22

5′10″ · 191 lb · Lakeland, FL

CFB Index 44 · #330 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to East Carolina for 2026

How he projects

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

The full scouting read

The story

4 defensive back on East Carolina's 2025 roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

Jonathan Jean

DB · East Carolina · Sr · #22

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Mike Bloomgren and Blake Harrell. One game to point at: 6 tackles, 2 TFL against BYU — Week 4, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Rice6-7HC: Mike Bloomgren · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Rice4-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Pass-leaning

2025East Carolina9-4HC: Blake Harrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

44Rotational starter #330 of 544?

Medium confidenceBounce-Back6 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#744 / 2975 · 74th pct

Tackles#804 / 2975 · 73rd pct

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Tackles for loss#866 / 2975 · 69th pct

3.5

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.6	0.4	0.0	0.3
Road6g	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	0.4	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	0.2	0.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Harrell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #330 of 544 safeties

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #12 of 28 American Athletic DBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	East Carolina	43	25	3.5	1.0	3	--	--
2024	Rice	10	7	1.5	0.0	2	--	--
2023	Rice	34	23	4.0	2.0	1	--	--
Career		87	55	9.0	3.0	6	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 23–17

vs Pittsburgh

2 TOT · 0 TFL · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With A. Smith — 4 rec · 156 yds · 2 TD · C. Ditta — 177 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 29.7 · -17 rush yds (10 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 17-24@ NC State	5	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 56-3vs Campbell	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 38-0@ Coastal Carolina	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 13-34vs BYU	6	3	2.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 5	W 28-6vs Army	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 19-26@ Tulane	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 41-27vs Tulsa	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 45-14@ Temple	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 48-22vs Charlotte	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 31-27vs Memphis	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 24-58@ UTSA	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	W 42-3@ Florida Atlantic	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Bowl	W 23-17vs Pittsburgh	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	1
Total		43	25	3.5	1.0	—	3