Mitchell Gonser is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Buffalo.
Gonser ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Came to Buffalo by way of Harvard. First career honor, 2025: MAC Defensive Player of the Week. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Kent State — Week 3, 2025.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
70 tackles. 0 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 6 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Buffalo | 70 | 41 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Career | 70 | 41 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-23@ Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-6vs Saint Francis | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-28@ Kent State | 11 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 17-21vs Troy | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-20vs UConn | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-30vs Eastern Michigan | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-21@ Massachusetts | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-24vs Akron | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-3@ Bowling Green | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 19-38@ Central Michigan | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-37vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 26-31vs Ohio | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 70 | 41 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
Week 3 · 2025
W 31-28
at Kent State
1 sack · 3 tackles for loss · 11 tackles
Edged out Kent State on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
70tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%6 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups70 tackles · 6 for loss · 1 sack · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 6.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Lembo
Pass share
49.8%
409 pass / 413 run
Plays / game
68.5
12 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
442 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #153 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #12 of 55 Mid-American LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Honored in a first season.
