Jonathan McGill

Former safety at SMU. 2024: 3 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 52 tackles.

S · SMU · Sr. · #2

5′10″ · 186 lb · Coppell, TX

CFB Index 72 · #90 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceSMU 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 572 nationally · Signed with Coppell

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at SMU. 2024: 3 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 52 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Coppell in 2019.
Transferred from Stanford to SMU in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at SMU, 213 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201910 games

Recruited3-star out of Coppell

202313 games

Entered the portal
All-AACthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#572 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-AAC

All-AAC mention (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

3 coaches

2019–2020

Sonny Dykes

SMU

2021

Jim Leavitt

SMU

era →

2022–2024

Rhett Lashlee

SMU

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt, and Rhett Lashlee. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Stanford4-8HC: David Shaw · Pass-leaning

2020Stanford4-2HC: David Shaw · Balanced

2021Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced

2023SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

2024SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

72Quality starter #90 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Strength: interceptions (89th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#141 / 2892 · 94th pct

Interceptions#52 / 862 · 89th pct

Tackles#566 / 2892 · 80th pct

Solo tackles#729 / 2892 · 74th pct

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Tackles for loss#1412 / 2892 · 47th pct

2.0

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.1
Road6g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.7	0.1	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #90 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #90 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	SMU	52	26	2.0	0.0	6	3	--
2023	SMU	46	32	4.5	0.5	8	1	1
2022	Stanford	51	28	5.5	1.0	7	1	--
2021	Stanford	13	10	1.0	0.0	1	2	--
2020	Stanford	17	9	3.0	0.0	2	--	--
2019	Stanford	34	27	3.0	0.0	3	1	--
Career		213	132	19.0	1.5	27	8	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2024

W 34–27

at Louisville

8 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With K. Jennings — 281 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.8 · 113 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · I. Pearson — 54 AVG · 56 LONG · 2 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 29-24@ Nevada	2	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 1	W 59-7vs Houston Christian	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 15-18vs BYU	5	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 66-42vs TCU	6	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 42-16vs Florida State	4	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 6	W 34-27@ Louisville	8	5	0.0	—	1	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 8	W 40-10@ Stanford	1	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 28-27@ Duke	4	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 48-25vs Pittsburgh	2	0	0.0	1	1
Wk 12	W 38-28vs Boston College	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 33-7@ Virginia	5	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	W 38-6vs California	5	3	1.0	1	0
Bowl	L 10-38@ Penn State	4	3	0.0	—	0
Total		52	26	2.0	3	6

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology