#10

Jonathan Ross

Senior defensive end for South Florida. 2023: 2 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 47 tackles.

DE · South Florida · Sr. · #10

6′3″ · 246 lb · Waldorf, MD

CFB Index 59 · #154 of 418 edge rushersMedium confidenceSouth Florida 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

LB recruit

No. 1589 nationally · Signed with South Florida

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for South Florida. 2023: 2 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 47 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Florida in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at South Florida, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2021

Signed with South Florida3-star out of Trinity Christian Academy

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

South Florida

2022–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2022–2023

2 coaches

2022

Jeff Scott

South Florida

2023

Alex Golesh

South Florida

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jeff Scott → Alex Golesh. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022South Florida1-11HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning

2023South Florida7-6HC: Alex Golesh · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

59Quality starter #154 of 418?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (87th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#338 / 2842 · 87th pct

6.5

Solo tackles#566 / 2842 · 79th pct

Sacks#517 / 2842 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles#665 / 2842 · 76th pct

QB hurries#574 / 2842 · 74th pct

Passes defended#1113 / 2842 · 50th 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

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.0	0.8	0.3	0.0
Road7g	3.3	0.3	0.0	0.1

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.4	0.6	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #154 of 418 edge rushers

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	South Florida	47	29	6.5	2.0	1	--	--
2022	South Florida	9	7	3.0	2.0	--	--	--
Career		56	36	9.5	4.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 38–24

vs Florida A&M

2 TFL · 1 SACKS · 3 SOLO

With B. Brown — 197 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 43.9 · 23 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · A. Stokes — 41 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-41@ Western Kentucky	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 2	W 38-24vs Florida A&M	5	3	2.5	1.0	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 3	L 3-17vs Alabama	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 42-29vs Rice	5	4	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 44-30@ Navy	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 35-56@ UAB	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 14-56vs Florida Atlantic	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-21@ UConn	2	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 50-59@ Memphis	6	4	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 27-23vs Temple	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 21-49@ UTSA	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 48-14vs Charlotte	5	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 45-0@ Syracuse	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		47	29	6.5	2.0	—	1

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

Jonathan Ross

2021

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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