Jonathan Sutherland: LB · Penn State.
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Jonathan Sutherland
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Fifth year in the Penn State linebacker corps. On tape: 7 tackles against Michigan, Week 7, 2022.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
35 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Penn State | 35 | 22 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Penn State | 24 | 13 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Penn State | 13 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Penn State | 23 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2018 | Penn State | 39 | 25 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 134 | 77 | 8.0 | 1.5 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-31@ Purdue | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 46-10vs Ohio | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-12@ Auburn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 33-14vs Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 17-7vs Northwestern | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-41@ No. 5 Michigan | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 45-17vs Minnesota | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-44vs No. 2 Ohio State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-14@ Indiana | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-0vs Maryland | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 55-10@ Rutgers | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-16vs Michigan State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 22 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Week 1 · 2022
W 35-31
at Purdue
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
Edged out Purdue on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
35tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackPD rate
3%1 pass breakups35 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack.
5 seasons under James Franklin — 42-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
46.9%
422 pass / 477 run
Plays / game
69.2
13 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #426 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Penn State, 134 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 48 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under James Franklin.
From Ottawa, ON.
