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coaches — particularly Elliott — and incoming recruits from the 2014 class. He keeps in close contact with Fort Wayne, Ind., four-star safety/line- backer Drue Tranquill and Woodberry Forest, Va., linebacker Greer Martini, both of whom he will suit up with this fall. Bonner is a young man with plenty to prove, and he is counting down the days until he has his opportunity to do just that. ✦ JONATHANBONNER DEFENSIVE END 6-4 · 245 PARKWAY CENTRAL H.S. CHESTERFIELD, MO. RANKINGS STARS NAT. POS. STATE ✪ ✪ ✪ — 25 12 ✪ ✪ ✪ — 38 6 ✪ ✪ ✪ — — 13 ✪ ✪ ✪ — 79 13 MEASURABLES • Runs a 4.80 40-yard dash. • Bench presses 355 pounds, squats 465 pounds and boasts a 37-inch vertical. STATISTICS • Finished with career totals of 206 tackles, 40 stops for loss and 34 sacks after moving into start- ing lineup two games into his sophomore cam- paign. • As a senior, recorded 86 tackles, 26 tackles for loss and 17 sacks. Also caught five touchdown passes at tight end. Was a leader on a defense that allowed 10.3 points per contest for a 13-2 team that lost in the Class 5 state championship game. • Compiled 64 tackles, 12 sacks and one fumble recovery during his junior season. HONORS • Second-team linebacker on MaxPreps 2013 All- America team. • First-team Class 5 all-state pick as both a junior and senior by the Missouri Football Coaches As- sociation. • Named the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Suburban South Conference and Metro Defensive Player of the Year as a senior. • Tabbed as a second-team all-metro selection as a junior. ALL-STAR GAMES AND CAMPS • Participated in a Nike training camp in Chicago last May. RECRUITMENT • Committed to Notre Dame on the spot after receiving an offer on June 26, 2013. • Received 14 scholarship offers, including ones from Michigan State, Illinois, Missouri, Purdue and Indiana. • Primarily recruited by safeties coach Bob Elliott and secondarily recruited by defensive line coach Mike Elston. • Officially visited Notre Dame on Oct. 19, 2013, for the USC game. NOTABLE • Born on June 17, 1996. • Plans to enroll in the Mendoza College of Business. 2014 PROJECTION • Possible contributor but likely redshirt candidate along the defensive line in 2014. THEY SAID IT Notre Dame Head Coach Brian Kelly: "When you talk about the right fit to Notre Dame, Jonathan possessed all of the right characteristics, academ- ics, socially, and then as a football player. Jonathan really impressed us in all of those areas." Parkway Central Head Coach Mark Goldenberg: "Jonathan is a phenomenal football player, and he's an even better person. He's not a 'rah-rah' kind of guy — he leads with his play on the field."