Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 12 | L 7-28vs UTSA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Jonathon Okate
Junior linebacker for Charlotte. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′3″ · 215 lb · Fort Worth, TX
Returning to Charlotte for 2026
The numbers
1
tackle · 2025
1 game into 2025 so far -- Best game: 1 tackles, vs UTSA
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 linebacker for Charlotte. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Charlotte in 2024.
Jonathon Okate
Jonathon Okate has been at Charlotte through two head coaches in two seasons. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against UTSA, Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with Charlotte3-star out of Tyler J.C.
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Charlotte
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coaches2024
Biff Poggi
Charlotte
Coaching transition mid-career: Biff Poggi → Tim Albin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Charlotte5-7HC: Biff Poggi · Balanced, slow tempo
2025Charlotte1-11HC: Tim Albin · Balanced, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Charlotte
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Charlotte
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -8 net (19 in / 27 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Charlotte · Last season: 1-11 · Talent rank #104 · 2026 recruiting class #103
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology