JD Bertrand
| No. 40 – Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | May 5, 2000 Alpharetta, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Georgia) | ||||||||
| College | Notre Dame (2019–2023) | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2024: 5th round, 143rd overall pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 14, 2025 | |||||||||
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James David Bertrand (born May 5, 2000) is an American professional football linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Bertrand attended Blessed Trinity Catholic High School in Roswell, Georgia, winning back-to-back Georgia Class AAAA State Championships in 2017 and 2018.[1] He committed to play college football at the University of Georgia before changing his commitment to the University of Notre Dame.[2][3]
College career
[edit | edit source]As a true freshman, Bertrand played exclusively on special teams in four games. In his junior season, he started in all 13 games and recorded 101 tackles, leading the Irish defense.[1] He was named a team captain for the 2022 season and finished the year with a team-leading 82 tackles.[1]
Statistics
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sack | PD | Int | Yds | TD | FF | FR | TD | ||
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 13 | 13 | 101 | 63 | 38 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 12 | 10 | 82 | 45 | 37 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 | 76 | 41 | 35 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 50 | 35 | 266 | 154 | 112 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Professional career
[edit | edit source]| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Bench press | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 0+7⁄8 in (1.85 m) |
235 lb (107 kg) |
30+5⁄8 in (0.78 m) |
9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m) |
20 reps | ||||||||
| All values from NFL Combine[4][5] | ||||||||||||
The Atlanta Falcons selected Bertrand in the fifth round of the 2024 NFL draft, 143rd overall.[6][7]
NFL career statistics
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sck | Sfty | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | TD | ||
| 2024 | ATL | 12 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 12 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Bertrand has two older brothers, Chris and John Michael, the latter of whom plays baseball in the San Francisco Giants organization. Their great-grandfather, Cecil Muellerleile, played football, coached, and served as the athletic director at Saint Louis University.[8]
References
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