Jonas Mouton

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Jonas Mouton
20100904 Michigan Defense vs. Connecticut.jpg
Mouton as a standup defender toward left side of the defensive line for Michigan vs. 2010 Connecticut Huskies
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Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1988-03-17) March 17, 1988 (age 36)
Kaplan, Louisiana, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:290 lb (132 kg)
Career information
High school: Venice (Los Angeles, California)
College: Michigan
NFL draft: 2011  / Round: 2 / Pick: 61
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:1
Player stats at PFR

Jonas Mouton (born March 17, 1988) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played his college football for the Michigan Wolverines. He started at weakside linebacker and was previously a highly rated safety for Venice High School.

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He led the Big Ten Conference in tackles for the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. He was the starting weakside linebacker for the 2008, 2009 team and 2010 teams. Mouton was named on the preseason watch list for the 2010 Butkus Award for linebackers and was a postseason 2010 All-Big Ten Conference second-team selection by the media. In high school, he played safety in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

Early life

Mouton played as a defensive back at Venice High School. [1] In September 2005, the Los Angeles Times ran a feature story about his accomplishments at Venice. The Times story opened as follows:

"The hardest-working player on the Venice High football team is Jonas Mouton, and he has ability to match. A 6-foot-2, 215-pound senior defensive back with linebacker-like hitting skills, a quarterback's awareness of the field and the shifty quickness of a running back, Mouton could rely on natural abilities and coast through high school. But he out-hustled, out-ran and out-lifted just about everyone else during spring practice his sophomore year to earn a spot on varsity. He hasn't slowed since." [1]

The major high school rating reports evaluated him as a safety. Rivals.com listed him as the third best safety in the class of 2006, the seventh best California football player and the 45th best player in the nation. [2] Scout.com ranked him as the sixth best safety. [3] ESPN ranked him as the 14th best safety and 128th best high school football player in the 2006 class. [4] He participated in the January 7, 2006 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. [5]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
NameHometownHigh school / collegeHeightWeight40‡Commit date
Jonas Mouton
S 		Los Angeles, California Venice (CA)6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)210 lb (95 kg)4.55Feb 1, 2006 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 5 stars.svg     Rivals: 4 stars.svg     247Sports: N/A   ESPN grade: 81
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 6 (S)   Rivals: 45, 3 (S), 7 (CA)   ESPN: 128, 14 (S)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Michigan Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
  • "2006 Michigan Football Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
  • "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
  • "2006 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 21, 2010.

College career

He redshirted in 2006 and made his career debut on September 15, 2007, against Notre Dame. On January 1, 2008, in the Capital One Bowl against Florida he had a 20-yard kickoff return. [5]

On September 6, 2008, he made his first career start against Miami (OH). [5] On September 27, 2008, he had his first quarterback sack in an eight-tackle effort against Wisconsin. [5] Mouton had his first ten-tackle game (eight solo and two assists) on October 18, 2008, against Penn State. [6] On November 15, 2008, against Northwestern he set a new career high with eleven tackles (six solo and five assists). [6] Over the course of the season, he started eleven of the twelve games at weakside linebacker. [5] That season, he finished second on the Wolverines in tackles. [7] However, following the season he was unavailable when 2009 spring practice began due to an injured shoulder. [8]

In the September 12, 2009 Michigan – Notre Dame rivalry game Mouton punched a Notre Dame player and was suspended. [9] Twice in 2009 he had ten tackles (five solo and six assists on September 26, 2009, v. Indiana and two solo and nine assists on November 21, 2009, v. Ohio State). [6] Both games matched his career-high tackles total and against Ohio State, he added an interception. [5] He started at weakside linebacker in all eleven games that he played in. [5]

Mouton was one of fifty-one players named on the preseason watch list for the 2010 Butkus Award for linebackers. [10] On September 11, 2010, Mouton set a career-high with thirteen tackles (6 solo and 7 assists) v. Notre Dame. [5] In that game, he made an interception that led to a one-play thirty-one-yard Michigan touchdown drive. [5] At the midpoint of Michigan's 12-game 2010 regular season schedule, he ranked second in the Big Ten Conference in tackles and tied for sixth in interceptions. [11] He took over the lead in tackles after Michigan's eighth game. [12] Then with a career-high fourteen tackles against Illinois in the ninth game of the season on November 6, he retained his first place rank in the conference and moved up from 32nd to 20th on the national list. [13] Coupled with the 12 tackles on October 30 against Penn State, it was the first time he had back-to-back double digit tackle performances. [6] [14] Mouton was unavailable for the Purdue game on November 13 due to a chest injury. [6] [15] However, the following week against Wisconsin he resumed his streak of double digit tackle performances with thirteen. [6] This moved him up to 17th in the nation in tackles. [16] Mouton ended the 2010 Big Ten Conference football season as the leader in tackles. [17] [18] Following the Big Ten conference regular season he was a second-team All-Conference selection by the media. [19] [20] [21] He was named the 2010 winner of The Roger Zatkoff Award as the team's top linebacker.

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump
6 ft 1 in
(1.85 m)		239 lb
(108 kg)		311⁄293⁄44.86 s4.34 s7.08 s31.5 in
(0.80 m)		9 ft 7 in
(2.92 m)
All values from NFL Combine [22]

Mouton was one of 32 linebackers invited to participate in the February 24 – March 1, 2011 NFL Scouting Combine. [23] He ranked twelfth in the Standing long jump with a distance of 9 feet 7 inches (2.92 m). [24] He ranked eleventh in the 3 cone drill with a time of 7.08. [25] He ranked fourteenth in the 20-yard shuttle with a time of 4.34. [26]

Mouton was selected by the San Diego Chargers with the 61st overall pick in the 2011 NFL draft. [27] The Chargers originally obtained the pick in a trade that sent Antonio Cromartie to the New York Jets. [28] In week 3 of the 2011 NFL season, the Chargers put Mouton on injured reserve for the season. [29] [30] Mouton began the 2012 season inactive. [31] He made his NFL debut on December 2 against the Cincinnati Bengals. [32] [33]

On July 26, 2013, Mouton suffered a torn ACL during training camp. As a result, Mouton was eliminated for the entire 2013 season. [34]

On July 23, 2014, Mouton was waived. [35]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Peter Yoon (September 6, 2005). "He's Open to Hit From All Sides; Venice's Mouton already had added offense to his usual strong safety duties by the end of last season; Now he'll shift to free safety to maximize his impact". Los Angeles Times .
  2. ↑ "Jonas Mouton". Rivals.com . Retrieved September 21, 2010.
  3. ↑ "#8 Jonas Mouton Photos (13)..." Scout.com . Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Jonas Mouton". ESPN . Retrieved September 21, 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "8 Jonas Mouton". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 1, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jonas Mouton". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved September 21, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Michigan (3–9)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Michael Shaw, Jonas Mouton Out for Spring Practice". Michigan Sports Center. Archived from the original on December 17, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  9. ↑ "The Quad; Michigan and Purdue Battle Outside Lines". The New York Times . November 8, 2009.
  10. ↑ "Mouton Named to Watch List for 2010 Butkus Award". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. August 24, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Michigan (5–1)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. October 9, 2010. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Michigan (5–3)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. October 30, 2010. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Michigan (6–3)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. November 6, 2010. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  14. ↑ "Jonas Mouton #8 LB". ESPN. Archived from the original on September 29, 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  15. ↑ Snyder, Mark (November 10, 2010). "Michigan LB Jonas Mouton iffy for Purdue game". Detroit Free Press . Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
  16. ↑ "Bowl Subdivision (FBS) National Player Report: Total Tackles". National Collegiate Athletic Association. November 20, 2010. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  17. ↑ "The Automated ScoreBook: 2010 Big Ten Conference Team Statistics Through games of Jan 07, 2011". CBS Interactive. January 7, 2010. Archived from the original on September 11, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  18. ↑ "Big Ten Player Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. January 10, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
  19. ↑ Bigelow, Pete (November 29, 2010). "Michigan's Denard Robinson named Big Ten's Offensive Player of the Year, other Wolverines honored". AnnArbor.com . Retrieved November 30, 2010.
  20. ↑ "Big Ten Announces 2010 Football All-Conference Teams and Individual Honors". CBS Interactive. November 29, 2010. Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
  21. ↑ "Robinson Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year". CBS Interactive. November 29, 2010. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
  22. ↑ "Jonas Mouton Combine Profile", NFL.com, retrieved March 3, 2011.
  23. ↑ "Participants". NFL.com . Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  24. ↑ "Top Performers (Broad Jump)". NFL.com . Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  25. ↑ "Top Performers (Three Cone Drill)". NFL.com . Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  26. ↑ "Top Performers (Twenty Yard Shuttle)". NFL.com . Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  27. ↑ "2011 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  28. ↑ "Chargers take Jonas Mouton No. 61 (video)". NFL.com . April 29, 2011. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  29. ↑ Williamson, Bill (September 21, 2011). "Chargers put rookie on I.R." ESPN . Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  30. ↑ "Bolts place rookie LB Mouton on IR, sign S Paul Oliver". The Washington Post . September 21, 2011. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  31. ↑ "Raiders WR Denarius Moore misses opener vs. Chargers with hamstring injury". The Washington Post . September 10, 2012. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  32. ↑ Henne, Ricky (November 29, 2012). "Jonas Mouton Set for NFL Debut". Chargers.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  33. ↑ "Bengals 20 (7-5, 4-2 away); Chargers 13 (4-8, 2-4 home)". ESPN. December 2, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  34. ↑ "Chargers' Jonas Mouton out for year". ESPN. July 26, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  35. ↑ Wilkening, Mike (July 23, 2014). "Chargers waive Jonas Mouton". Pro Football Talk. Retrieved July 24, 2014.

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