Linebacker, Nebraska, 2019–⁠24

John Bullock

Number: No. 5
Height: 6′0″
Weight: 230 lb
Class (2024): Senior
Hometown: Omaha, NE
Born: Apr 22, 2001

John Bullock played linebacker at Nebraska (2019–⁠24).

9tackles, career hightwice; last vs. Illinois, 2024

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2021	Nebraska	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
2022	Nebraska	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2023	Nebraska	50	27	2.5	1.5	0	2	1
2024	Nebraska	70	35	10	4	1	5	3
Career		126	65	12.5	5.5	1	7	4

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2019	Nebraska	5	LB
2020	Nebraska	5	LB	RS
2021	Nebraska	5	LB	Fr.
2022	Nebraska	5	LB	So.
2023	Nebraska	5	LB	Jr.
2024	Nebraska	5	LB	Sr.	6′0″	230

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2024 Nebraska 13 games, 70 tackles, 4 sacks, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Aug 31	vs.UTEP	W 40–⁠7	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 7	vs.Colorado	W 28–⁠10	5	4	2	0	0	1
Sep 14	vs.Northern Iowa	W 34–⁠3	9	2	1	1	0	1
Sep 20	vs.Illinois	L 24–⁠31	9	6	1	1	0	1
Sep 28	atPurdue	W 28–⁠10	4	3	1	0	1	0
Oct 5	vs.Rutgers	W 14–⁠7	4	2	0	0	0	0
Oct 19	atIndiana	L 7–⁠56	3	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 26	atOhio State	L 17–⁠21	5	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 2	vs.UCLA	L 20–⁠27	8	4	1	1	0	0
Nov 16	atUSC	L 20–⁠28	7	5	0	0	0	1
Nov 23	vs.Wisconsin	W 44–⁠25	4	2	1.5	0	0	0
Nov 29	atIowa	L 10–⁠13	5	3	1.5	0	0	1
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Boston College	W 20–⁠15	5	2	1	1	0	0

2023 Nebraska 12 games, 50 tackles, 1.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Aug 31	atMinnesota	L 10–⁠13	6	3	0	0	1
Sep 9	atColorado	L 14–⁠36	5	4	0	0	0
Sep 16	vs.Northern Illinois	W 35–⁠11	3	2	0	0	0
Sep 23	vs.Louisiana Tech	W 28–⁠14	8	3	0.5	0	0
Sep 30	vs.Michigan	L 7–⁠45	2	0	0	0	0
Oct 6	atIllinois	W 20–⁠7	6	4	1	1	1
Oct 21	vs.Northwestern	W 17–⁠9	3	1	1	0.5	0
Oct 28	vs.Purdue	W 31–⁠14	7	5	0	0	0
Nov 4	atMichigan State	L 17–⁠20	2	0	0	0	0
Nov 11	vs.Maryland	L 10–⁠13	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 18	atWisconsin	L 17–⁠24	2	2	0	0	0
Nov 24	vs.Iowa	L 10–⁠13	5	3	0	0	0

2022 Nebraska 1 game, 1 tackle

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Oct 15	atPurdue	L 37–⁠43	1	1	0	0	0	0

2021 Nebraska 5 games, 5 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo
Sep 11	vs.Buffalo	W 28–⁠3	1	0
Sep 25	atMichigan State	L 20–⁠23	1	0
Oct 16	atMinnesota	L 23–⁠30	1	1
Oct 30	vs.Purdue	L 23–⁠28	1	0
Nov 6	vs.Ohio State	L 17–⁠26	1	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2025
Height	6′0″
Weight	224 lb
Arm length	30″
Hand size	9″
Wingspan	74″
40-yard dash	4.65 s
10-yard split	1.65 s
Vertical jump	32″
Broad jump	9′9″
Bench press	21 reps
3-cone drill	7.14 s
20-yard shuttle	4.55 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 8 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2025	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	8	10	0	0

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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