#55 Jonathan Bonner 2017-18 Football Roster

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Newcomer of the Year: Defense (2017)

GRADUATE SEASON (2018)

• Started all 12 games with 20 tackles and a hurry
• Made a season-high four tackles in victory at Wake Forest

SENIOR SEASON (2017)

• Started all 13 games
• Recorded 15 solo and 15 assisted tackles for a total of 30
• Registered 3.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks
• Tripled his tackle total from junior campaign in 2016
• Collected season-high four tackles on three different occasions (Temple, Georgia and Navy)
• Made four tackles (two solo and two assisted), including 1.5 for loss and one sack against Georgia
• Picked up three stops with a tackle for loss and sack against Stanford
• Named team’s Defensive Newcomer of the Year

JUNIOR SEASON (2016)

• Appeared in all 12 games and started one (Army)
• Recorded three unassisted and six assisted tackles for a total of nine
• Registered a season-high two unassisted tackles against Stanford (Oct. 15)
• Posted a career-high four stops in the win against Army (Nov. 12)
• Forced a fumble against Stanford (Oct. 15)

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2015)

• Played in 10 of 13 games
• Did not see the field at Clemson (Oct. 3), vs. Navy (Oct. 10) or at Temple (Oct. 31)
• Recorded first career sack, an 11-yard loss, against Wake Forest (Nov. 14), also forcing a fumble on the play

FRESHMAN SEASON (2014)

• One of two freshman defensive linemen who spent the season on scout team and did not see the field
• Joined Pete Mokwuah as rookies who helped the Irish on their defensive scout team
• Missed the majority of 2015 spring practice following surgery for a turf-toe injury

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA

• Second-team linebacker on MaxPreps 2013 All-America team
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch Defensive Player of the Year in 2013 as well as a Post-Dispatch first-team all-metro pick
• First-team Missouri Class 5 all-state pick as both a junior and senior by Missouri Football Coaches Association
• Suburban South Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a senior
• Made 70 tackles and 17 sacks as senior in 2013 at Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield, Missouri, on team that finished 13-2 and allowed only 10.3 points per game
• Played tight end, catching five TD passes in 2013
• Caught 57-yard TD pass in Missouri Class 5 state title game against Lee’s Summit West
• Finished with career totals of 206 tackles, 40 for loss and 34 sacks
• Moved into starting lineup at Parkway Central two games into his sophomore season
• Second-team all-metro selection as a junior in 2012 as he made 64 tackles, including 14 for loss, 12 sacks and recovered a fumble
• Led Colts with seven TD receptions as a junior in 2012
• Uncle, Dan Knott, was reserve running back on 1977 Irish national title team
• Grandfather, Elmon Hampton, is godfather to former Irish safety Sergio Brown
• Graduated in May 2018 with a degree in information technology management from the Mendoza College of Business