#13

Jonathan Ledbetter

Senior defensive end for Georgia. 2018: 1 sack, 6.5 tackles for loss, 56 tackles.

DE · Georgia · Sr. · #13

6′4″ · 280 lb · Tucker, GA

Georgia 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

SDE recruit

No. 65 nationally · Signed with Georgia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Georgia. 2018: 1 sack, 6.5 tackles for loss, 56 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Georgia in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Georgia4-star out of Tucker

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#65 national

CFB

College

Georgia

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Kirby Smart

Georgia

Played his entire career under Kirby Smart.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Kirby Smart — 32-10 over that span.

2016Georgia8-5HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2017Georgia13-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

2018Georgia11-3HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (84th percentile). Strength: tackles (81st percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#403 / 2662 · 84th pct

6.5

Tackles#490 / 2662 · 81st pct

QB hurries#450 / 2662 · 78th pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1487 / 2662 · 43rd pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th pct

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

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home9g	4.1	0.5	0.0	0.0
Road4g	4.8	0.5	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.7	0.3	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	0.8	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Smart

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Georgia	56	15	6.5	1.0	--	--	--
2017	Georgia	35	16	5.5	2.5	--	--	--
2016	Georgia	24	7	2.5	1.0	--	--	--
Career		115	38	14.5	4.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2018

W 27–10

vs Auburn

4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

With D. Swift — 186 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD · J. Fromm — 193 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 5 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week