Jonas Mouton Jonas Mouton ( born March 17 , 1988 ) is an American football linebacker for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League . He played his college football for the Michigan Wolverines football team . He started at weakside linebacker and was previously a highly rated safety for Venice High School . 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 team s . 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 . High school . Mouton played as a defensive back at Venice High School . 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 . " 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 . Scout . com ranked him as the sixth best safety . ESPN ranked him as the 14th best safety and 128th best high school football player in the 2006 class . He participated in the January 7 , 2006 U . S . Army All - American Bowl . 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 . On September 6 , 2008 , he made his first career start against Miami ( OH ) . On September 27 , 2008 , he had his first quarterback sack in an eight - tackle effort against Wisconsin . Mouton had his first ten - tackle game ( eight solo and two assists ) on October 18 , 2008 against Penn State . On November 15 , 2008 against Northwestern he set a new career high with eleven tackles ( six solo and five assists ) . Over the course of the season , he started eleven of the twelve games at weakside linebacker . That season , he finished second on the Wolverines in tackles . However , following the season he was unavailable when 2009 spring practice began due to an injured shoulder . In the September 12 , 2009 Michigan – Notre Dame rivalry game Mouton punched a Notre Dame player and was suspended . 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 ) . Both games matched his career - high tackles total and against Ohio State , he added an interception . He started at weakside linebacker in all eleven games that he played in . Mouton was one of fifty - one players named on the preseason watch list for the 2010 Butkus Award for linebackers . On September 11 , 2010 , Mouton set a career high with thirteen tackles ( 6 solo and 7 assists ) v . Notre Dame . In that game , he made an interception that led to a one - play thirty - one - yard Michigan touchdown drive . 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 . He took over the lead in tackles after Michigan ' s eighth game . 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 . 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 . Mouton was unavailable for the Purdue game on November 13 due to a chest injury . However , the following week against Wisconsin he resumed his streak of double digit tackle performances with thirteen . This moved him up to 17th in the nation in tackles . Mouton ended the 2010 Big Ten Conference football season as the leader in tackles . Following the Big Ten conference regular season he was a second team All - Conference selection by the media . Professional career . Pre - draft . Mouton was one of 32 linebackers invited to participate in the February 24 — March 1 , 2011 NFL Scouting Combine . He ranked twelfth in the Standing long jump with a distance of . He ranked eleventh in the 3 cone drill with a time of 7 . 08 . He ranked fourteenth in the 20 - yard shuttle with a time of 4 . 34 . San Diego Chargers . Mouton was drafted by the San Diego Chargers with the 61st overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft . In week 3 of the 2011 NFL season , the Chargers put Mouton on injured reserve for the season . Mouton began the 2012 season inactive . He made his NFL debut on December 2 against the Cincinnati .