Jonathan Ledbetter: DE · Georgia · #13.
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Jonathan Ledbetter
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Third year in the same defensive front at Georgia. The first one came in 2018: All-SEC. On tape: 10 tackles against LSU, Week 7, 2018.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
56 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-0vs Austin Peay | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-17@ No. 24 South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-7vs Middle Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 43-29@ Missouri | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 41-13vs Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 16-36@ No. 13 LSU | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 36-17vs No. 9 Florida | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-17@ No. 11 Kentucky | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-10vs Auburn | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 66-27vs Massachusetts | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-21vs Georgia Tech | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 28-35vs No. 1 Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 21-28vs No. 14 Texas | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 56 | 15 | 6.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
2%1 sackTFL rate
12%6 TFL56 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 1 sack.
3 seasons under Kirby Smart — 32-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 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
Head Coach
Kirby Smart
Pass share
39.4%
355 pass / 547 run
Plays / game
64.4
14 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
377 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Three seasons at Georgia, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mark Richt → Kirby Smart. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
