#38

Jonathan Wilson

Senior defensive lineman for Memphis. 2019: 4 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.

DL · Memphis · Sr. · #38

6′3″ · 264 lb · Port Sulphur, LA

Memphis 2019 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Memphis. 2019: 4 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Memphis in 2016.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

SDE recruit

No. 3666 nationally · Signed with Memphis

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Memphis, 15 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201612 games

Signed with Memphis2-star out of South Plaquemines

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3666 national

CFB

College

Memphis

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Mike Norvell

Memphis

Played his entire career under Mike Norvell.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Mike Norvell — 38-16 over that span.

2016Memphis8-5HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced

2017Memphis10-3HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced

2018Memphis8-6HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

2019Memphis12-2HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (94th percentile). Strength: sacks (91st percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#115 / 2688 · 94th pct

Sacks#210 / 2688 · 91st pct

4.0

Tackles for loss#551 / 2688 · 78th pct

5.5

Solo tackles#1867 / 2688 · 28th pct

Tackles#2030 / 2688 · 23rd pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 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

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.3	0.2	0.2	0.0
Road5g	2.0	0.9	0.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.8	0.5	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

38.2%

66 pass / 107 run

Plays / game

57.7

3 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

77 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Memphis	18	11	5.5	4.0	--	--	--
2018	Memphis	30	22	9.5	6.0	--	--	--
2017	Memphis	22	11	5.0	2.0	--	--	--
2016	Memphis	30	20	6.0	3.0	2	1	--
Career		100	64	26.0	15.0	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2019

W 55–24

vs Southern

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 31-point win at home against Southern.

With B. White — 337 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.4 · 1 rush yds (2 car) · K. Gainwell — 85 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week