Running back, Georgia Tech, 2007–09
Jonathan Dwyer
- Number
- No. 21
- Height
- 6′0″
- Hometown
- Marietta, GA
- Born
- Jul 26, 1989
Jonathan Dwyer played running back at Georgia Tech (2007–09). The Pittsburgh Steelers took Dwyer in round 6, No. 188 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
189rushing yards, career highvs. Wake Forest, 20093rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Vanderbilt, 2009Honors
Team titles: ACC champions, 2009
All-America: Pro Football Weekly 2008
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007* | Georgia Tech | 82 | 436 | 5.3 | 9 | 65 |
| 2008* | Georgia Tech | 200 | 1,395 | 7.0 | 12 | 88 |
| 2009 | Georgia Tech | 235 | 1,395 | 5.9 | 14 | 74 |
| Career | 517 | 3,226 | 6.2 | 35 | 88 | |
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007* | Georgia Tech | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 9 |
| 2008* | Georgia Tech | 8 | 209 | 26.1 | 1 | 79 |
| 2009 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 21 |
| Career | 15 | 263 | 17.5 | 1 | 79 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Georgia Tech | 21 | RB | |
| 2008 | Georgia Tech | 21 | RB | |
| 2009 | Georgia Tech | 21 | RB | 6′0″ |
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
2009 Georgia Tech 14 games, 1,395 rushing yards, 14 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. Jacksonville State | W 37–17 | 7 | 95 | 2 | 74 | – | – |
| Sep 10 | vs. Clemson | W 30–27 | 18 | 66 | 0 | 17 | – | – |
| Sep 17 | at Miami | L 17–33 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | – | – |
| Sep 26 | vs. North Carolina | W 24–7 | 19 | 158 | 0 | 39 | – | – |
| Oct 3 | at Mississippi State | W 42–31 | 16 | 83 | 1 | 13 | – | – |
| Oct 10 | at Florida State | W 49–44 | 14 | 102 | 2 | 69 | 1 | 11 |
| Oct 17 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 28–23 | 20 | 82 | 0 | 33 | – | – |
| Oct 24 | at Virginia | W 34–9 | 25 | 125 | 0 | 32 | – | – |
| Oct 31 | at Vanderbilt | W 56–31 | 22 | 186 | 3 | 41 | – | – |
| Nov 7 | vs. Wake Forest | W 30–27 | 23 | 189 | 1 | 59 | – | – |
| Nov 14 | at Duke | W 49–10 | 14 | 110 | 2 | 46 | – | – |
| Nov 28 | vs. Georgia | L 24–30 | 14 | 33 | 1 | 8 | – | – |
| Dec 5 | vs.Clemson | W 39–34 | 24 | 110 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 14 |
| Jan 5 ✦ | vs. Iowa | L 14–24 | 14 | 49 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 12 |
2008 Georgia Tech 13 games, 1,395 rushing yards, 12 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs.Jacksonville State | W 41–14 | 11 | 112 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 5 |
| Sep 6 | at Boston College | W 19–16 | 18 | 108 | 1 | 43 | – | – |
| Sep 13 | atVirginia Tech | L 17–20 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 10 | – | – |
| Sep 20 | vs.Mississippi State | W 38–7 | 9 | 141 | 1 | 88 | 1 | 20 |
| Oct 4 | vs.Duke | W 27–0 | 23 | 159 | 0 | 36 | – | – |
| Oct 11 | vs. Gardner-Webb | W 10–7 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 79 |
| Oct 18 | atClemson | W 21–17 | 21 | 109 | 0 | 31 | – | – |
| Oct 25 | vs.Virginia | L 17–24 | 17 | 70 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
| Nov 1 | vs.Florida State | W 31–28 | 13 | 145 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 30 |
| Nov 8 | atNorth Carolina | L 7–28 | 22 | 157 | 1 | 85 | – | – |
| Nov 20 | vs.Miami | W 41–23 | 10 | 128 | 2 | 58 | – | – |
| Nov 29 | atGeorgia | W 45–42 | 20 | 144 | 2 | 60 | – | – |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. LSU | L 3–38 | 10 | 67 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 66 |
2007 Georgia Tech 11 games, 436 rushing yards, 9 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Notre Dame | W 33–3 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 9 | – | – |
| Sep 8 | vs. Samford | W 69–14 | 9 | 138 | 3 | 65 | – | – |
| Sep 15 | vs.Boston College | L 10–24 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| Sep 22 | atVirginia | L 23–28 | 15 | 75 | 1 | 21 | – | – |
| Sep 29 | vs.Clemson | W 13–3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | – | – |
| Oct 20 | vs. Army | W 34–10 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 11 | – | – |
| Nov 1 | vs.Virginia Tech | L 3–27 | 10 | 68 | 0 | 14 | – | – |
| Nov 10 | atDuke | W 41–24 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 11 | – | – |
| Nov 17 | vs.North Carolina | W 27–25 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 8 |
| Nov 24 | vs.Georgia | L 17–31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Fresno State | L 28–40 | 12 | 62 | 2 | 36 | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2010 | Combine or pro day 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′11¼″ | |
| Weight | 229 lb | |
| Arm length | 31″ | |
| Hand size | 8⅝″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.68 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.68 s | |
| Vertical jump | 33″ | |
| Broad jump | 8′11″ | |
| Bench press | 15 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.56 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.67 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
5 seasons, 34 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.
| Season | Team | G | Car | Yds | TD | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 16 | 123 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 156 | 623 | 2 | 18 | 106 |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 15 | 49 | 197 | 0 | 8 | 64 |
| 2014 | Arizona Cardinals | 2 | 16 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| NFL career | 34 | 246 | 1,022 | 3 | 29 | 184 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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