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6 Jon Lindgren

  • Position DB
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 182
  • Class 2020
  • Hometown Plainville, Conn.
  • High School Plainville

Biography

2019: Team captain.... Saw action in all nine games, making 41 total tackles on the season.... Forced one fumble, broke up three passes and blocked two kicks for Bates.... Made three total tackles, including one tackle for loss, and blocked a kick against Amherst (Sept. 14).... Tallied six total tackles, including four solo stops against Middlebury (Sept. 21).... Made four total tackles against Wesleyan (Sept. 28).... Tallied three total tackles, including a half tackle for loss, and broke up a pass against Tufts (Oct. 5).... Made six total tackles and broke up a pass against Trinity (Oct. 12).... Tallied four solo stops and forced a fumble at Williams (Oct. 19).... Made five total tackles and blocked a kick at Colby (Oct. 26).... Tallied four solo tackles and broke up a pass in a 30-5 win over Bowdoin (Nov. 2).... Made six total tackles, including three solo stops, in a 26-21 win over Hamilton (Nov. 9).

2018: Second Team All-NESCAC.... Led the conference in total tackles (77) and solo tackles (52).... He added six tackles for a loss and two pass breakups, and ranked seventh in the league in punt returns, with a 6.4-yard average.... For the second year in a row, Lindgren started every game at safety for Bates in 2018, tallying at least six tackles in every game and posting 12 tackles three times, in games against Amherst, Trinity and Colby.... Tallied 12 tackles (seven solo) and a tackle for loss against Amherst (Sept. 15).... Tallied 12 tackles, including a season-high 10 solo stops, and one tackle for loss against Trinity (Sept. 22).... Recorded seven total tackles (three solo) and broke up a pass at Tufts (Sept. 29).... Recorded seven total tackles (six solo), two tackles for loss and a pass break-up against Williams (Oct. 6).... Tallied six tackles (four solo) and a tackle for loss against Wesleyan (Oct. 13).... Recorded eight tackles (five solo) at Middlebury (Oct. 20).... Tallied 12 total tackles (eight solo) against Colby (Oct. 27).... Recorded seven tackles (five solo) at Bowdoin (Nov. 3).... Tallied six tackles (four solo) and one sack against Hamilton (Nov. 10).

2017: Started all nine games at free safety.... Led the Bobcats and finished seventh in the NESCAC in tackles with 75.... Tallied four tackles and broke up a pass at Amherst (Sept. 16).... Tallied three tackles and broke up a pass against Trinity (Sept. 23).... Recorded eight tackles and broke up two passes against Tufts (Sept. 30).... Recorded 11 tackles at Williams (Oct. 7).... Tallied seven tackles, including a half tackle for loss at Wesleyan (Oct. 14).... Recorded seven tackles and broke up two passes against Middlebury (Oct. 21).... Recorded seven tackles, including a half tackle for loss in Bates' 27-24 win at Colby (Oct. 28).... Tallied a season-high 16 tackles, including a tackle for loss, to go along with a season-high six pass break-ups and a blocked kick on his way to earning NESCAC Defensive Player of the Week honors in Bates' 24-17 win over Bowdoin (Nov. 4).... Recorded 12 tackles, including a tackle for loss at Hamilton (Nov. 11).

2016: Played in seven games as a first-year for Bates, recording seven tackles on the season.... Recorded a season-high three solo tackles against Tufts (Oct. 1).... Recorded a pair of solo tackles in Bates' 29-17 win over Williams (Oct. 8).... Recorded a tackle against Wesleyan (Oct. 15).... Recorded a solo tackle in Bates' 24-7 win over Bowdoin (Nov. 5).

Major: Biochemistry

Concentrations: Public Health; Applying Mathematical Models

High School: Class M All-State selection.... McDonald's Academic All-American.... Three-time All-Central Connecticut Conference selection.... Played football, baseball and basketball.... Science National Honor Society.... National Honor Society.

Other: Member of Bates baseball team.

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2016First Year

    DB
    5'9" 175 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2017Sophomore

    DB
    5'10" 185 lbs
    19
  • 6

    2018Junior

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    5'9" 180 lbs
    6
  • 6
    C

    2019Senior

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    5'10" 182 lbs
    6
    C