Jonathan Willis

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-1
Weight:
225
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Tulsa, Okla.
High School:
Booker T. Washington HS

CAREER
• Played in 48 games, including 24 starts
• Tallied 196 tackles - 115 solo - with 12.5 for a loss
• Added six sacks, three pass deflections, two forced fumbles, a blocked kick and four quarterback hurries

2018 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)
• Played in all 12 games, making six starts
• Totaled 35 tackles with two for a loss and one sack. Added a quarterback hurry
• Recorded a season-best seven tackles in the season opener at Ohio State
• Picked up solo TFLs against Southern Utah and at Washington. Finished with six total tackles against Southern Utah
• Credited with four tackles in three consecutive games: at Nevada, versus Arizona and at Arizona State

2017 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
• Played in and started all 12 games
• Finished with 68 tackles, including 36 solo. Added six tackles for loss, three sacks, one forced fumble, two quarterback hurries and two pass breakups
• Recorded a season-best 12 tackles against Minnesota, with half a tackle for loss
• Reached double-figure tackles again when posting 10 versus Stanford. Had two tackles for loss against the Cardinal, with one sack and one pass breakup
• Had at least one TFL in four straight games: versus Washington, USC, Colorado and Stanford. Recorded sacks in three straight against USC, Colorado and Stanford
• Picked up half a TFL against both Minnesota and Oregon
• Forced a fumble against USC
• Tallied eight tackles against Arizona State, and seven against Colorado

2016 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
• Played in all 12 games including two starts
• Recorded six special teams tackles on coverage teams
• Finished the season with 26 tackles in a mostly reserve role
• Tallied a season-best seven tackles at Colorado including a tackle-for-loss
• Made a pair of starts against Boise State and Oregon due to injury
• Registered the first pass breakup of his career against Idaho State
• Blocked a punt at Washington
• Missed a portion of spring practice due to injury

2015 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
• Played in all 12 games starting four
• Began the season as a special teams ace and led the Beavers with seven special teams tackles
• Finished the year third on the team with 67 tackles despite spending most of the first half of the season as a part-timer
• Earned his first career start at Utah
• Started four of the final five games averaging 10.3 tackles in those games
• Exceeded 10 tackles in a game twice with 11 at Utah and a career-best 13 at Oregon
• Forced a fumble at Washington State on a sack and strip
• Recorded five tackles in the 2015 Spring Game

2014 (FRESHMAN)
• Redshirt
• Practiced with the scout team as an outside linebacker during his first year in the OSU football program

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
• Two-year starter at defensive end and linebacker for the Hornets
• Rated the No. 11 prospect in Oklahoma per Rivals
• Started his prep career as a running back
• Tallied 15.5 sacks as a junior to lead Oklahoma’s 6A prep division
• Registered 13 sacks as a senior
• Voted the best defensive lineman via fan vote by the Tulsa World
• SuperPrep All-Midwest Region
• Played defensive end at the start of his junior season before moving to linebacker in a formation change during the season
• Former Beaver linebacker Michael Doctor is a Booker T. Washington alum

PERSONAL
• Son of Pamela and Jeffrey Willis, and his stepmother, Mayleen
• Has three brothers, Jeffrey, Joshua and Dato and three sisters, Sheree, Tamar and Amihan