Last confirmed: Oregon State, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 232 lb · Tulsa, OK · Booker T. Washington
Jonathan Willis: LB · Oregon State · #32.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jonathan Willis
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Jonathan Willis has played for three head coaches in four seasons at Oregon State. On tape: 7 tackles against Ohio State, Week 1, 2018.
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. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
Sports Illustrated Oct 23
OregonLive Oct 17
Oregon State University Athletics Oct 15
Yahoo Sports Oct 14Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Oregon State | 35 | 22 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2017 | Oregon State | 68 | 36 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 2 |
| 2016 | Oregon State | 26 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2015 | Oregon State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 129 | 75 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 3 |
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 31-77@ No. 5 Ohio State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 48-25vs Southern Utah | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 35-37@ Nevada | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-35vs Arizona | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-52@ Arizona State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 37-56vs Washington State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-49vs California | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-38vs USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-48@ Stanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-42@ No. 17 Washington | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 15-55vs Oregon | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 22 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 2 · 2018
W 48-25
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 6 tackles
Dominant 23-point win at home against Southern Utah.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
35tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups35 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jonathan Smith
Pass share
47.1%
429 pass / 481 run
Plays / game
75.8
12 games
Team sack rate
9.8%
480 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Oregon State, 129 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Mike Riley, Gary Andersen, Cory Hall, and Jonathan Smith. Multi-era developmental context.
