Jonathan Maldonado
Mississippi
84
Good

Jonathan Maldonado

MississippiElite
LOLBDefenseGoodTRANSFER · Nevada
2nd String / Backup

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Jonathan Maldonado is listed 2nd string at LOLB for Mississippi.

Redshirt senior · #17 · 6'6", 250 lbs

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Up next for Mississippi

Mississippi plays Georgia at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Arcadia, ranked #1,683 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 38 tackles, 9 TFL, 5 sacks. That's 7% of the team's production at his spot and 95th-percentile production nationally — good for a 84 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,683 NatlTeam Share7%Percentile95th
Monrovia, CA
Jersey
#17
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'6"
Weight
250 lbs
Transfer
Nevada

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—3895

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8350
National Rank
#1683
High School
Arcadia
Hometown
Arcadia, CA

Why this rating?

On a 88-rated defense; 95th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.84 for competition level) put them +2 vs unit starters → 84.

Team defense (SP+)
88
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 95% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 27% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.84)
Depth-chart adjustment
+2 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 24LTEXTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-27

Oct 10WVANTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 52-17

Sep 26LFLATKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 52-28

Sep 19WLSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 32-24

Sep 12WCLTTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-9

Sep 6WLOUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-38

Jonathan Maldonado's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

38 tkl · 9 TFL · 5 sacks
Usage / Involvement78%
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