Safety, Clemson, 2009–12
Jonathan Meeks
- Number
- No. 5
- Height
- 6′1″
- Hometown
- Rock Hill, SC
- Born
- Nov 8, 1989, in Rock Hill, South Carolina
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Jonathan Meeks played safety at Clemson (2009–12). The Buffalo Bills took Meeks in round 5, No. 143 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.
Team titles: ACC champions, 2011
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Int | PBU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 14 | 46 | 19 | 65 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 13 | 41 | 24 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| On file | 104 | 55 | 159 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
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
2012 Clemson 1 game with an interception on file, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 38–17 | 2 |
2011 Clemson 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8 | vs. Boston College | W 36–14 | 1 |
| Oct 22 | vs. North Carolina | W 59–38 | 1 |
| Dec 3 | vs.Virginia Tech | W 38–10 | 1 |
2010 Clemson 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | vs. Presbyterian | W 58–21 | 1 |
2009 Clemson 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vs.Boston College | W 25–7 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2013 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅜″ |
| Weight | 209 lb |
| Arm length | 30⅞″ |
| Hand size | 8¾″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.55 s |
| Vertical jump | 33½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′7″ |
| Bench press | 23 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.13 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.72 s |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 21 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Buffalo Bills | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Buffalo Bills | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Buffalo Bills | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 21 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
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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