6′1″ · 205 lb · Houston, TX · Lamar
John Bonney: DB · Texas Tech · #24.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
John Bonney
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. John Bonney has played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Ole Miss — Week 1, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Texas Tech | 32 | 22 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Texas | 19 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016 | Texas | 39 | 32 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 9 | -- |
| Career | 90 | 66 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 13 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-47vs Ole Miss | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 77-0vs Lamar | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-49vs Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-17@ No. 15 Oklahoma State | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 34-42vs No. 12 West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-14@ TCU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-16vs Kansas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-40@ Iowa State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 34-41vs No. 15 Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 6-21@ Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-35vs Baylor | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 22 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 4 · 2018
W 41-17
0.5 tackles for loss · 3 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Dominant 24-point win on the road against Oklahoma State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
32tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%0 TFL32 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kliff Kingsbury
Pass share
55.8%
536 pass / 424 run
Plays / game
80.0
12 games
Team sack rate
4.2%
574 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Texas and Texas Tech, 90 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 30 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Charlie Strong, Tom Herman and Kliff Kingsbury.
