Mitchell Gonser brings proven production and instant impact to Buffalo’s linebacker room
Gonser looks like a high-floor, plug-and-play linebacker for Buffalo: in the 2025 season, he appeared in all 12 games, made five starts, and finished with 70 tackles, six tackles for loss, a sack, and two interceptions, including MAC Defensive Player of the Week recognition after an 11-tackle, 3-TFL, 1-sack game at Kent State[5][12]. His differentiators are range, disruption, and ball production—he’s not just a cleaner-up tackler, he can create negative plays and flip momentum with turnovers, as his Harvard resume also showed an interception return touchdown in 2024[9][16].
