Football

- Title:
- Defensive Graduate Assistant
- Email:
- jbonney@usc.edu
- Phone:
- (213) 740-4204
John Bonney was named a defensive quality control analyst at USC in March of 2021.Â
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He spent 2019 and 2020 as a graduate assistant at Texas Southern.Â
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Bonney played cornerback and nickelback for 3 seasons (2015-17) at Texas, seeing action in every game.  As a 2017 junior (he started twice), he had 19 tackles (including 4 versus USC), an interception (off of Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield), 2 fumble recoveries and 3 deflections.  He started 7 games as a 2016 sophomore, getting 39 tackles, 9 deflections and a forced fumble.  He had 29 tackles (2 for a loss, with a sack), a deflection and a forced fumble as a 2015 redshirt freshman backup.  He was a 4-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and made the 2015 Academic All-Big 12 first team.Â
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He spent 2018 as a graduate transfer at Texas Tech, appearing in all 12 games at safety and starting 8 times.  He had 32 tackles, a deflection and 2 forced fumbles.Â
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He was a 4-year starting safety at Lamar High in Houston (Tex.)Â
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He earned his bachelor’s degree in corporate communications from Texas in 2018.Â
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His father, Jerry, played basketball at Houston in the early 1970s.  His brother, Joshua, played basketball at Elon.