JD Bertrand
ILB
#40
Experience: 3 years
Height: 6-1
Age: 25
Weight: 230 lbs
College: Notre Dame
Recent Games
| WK | OPP | RESULT | TKL | AST | COMBINED | SOLO | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | OPP FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buccaneers | L 20 - 23 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | @Vikings | W 22 - 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | @Panthers | L 0 - 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | Commanders | W 34 - 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | Bills | W 24 - 14 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | @49ers | L 10 - 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | Dolphins | L 10 - 34 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | @Patriots | L 23 - 24 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | @Colts | L 25 - 31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | Panthers | L 27 - 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | @Saints | W 24 - 10 | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | @Jets | L 24 - 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | Seahawks | L 9 - 37 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | @Buccaneers | W 29 - 28 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | @Cardinals | W 26 - 19 | ||||||||||||||
| 17 | Rams | W 27 - 24 | ||||||||||||||
| 18 | Saints | W 19 - 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career Stats
Defense Career
| SEASON | TEAM | G | GS | TKL | AST | COMBINED | SOLO | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | OPP FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Atlanta Falcons | 12 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2025 | Atlanta Falcons | 15 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 27 | 2 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
CAREER
- Has played in 27 games (two starts) in his first two NFL seasons (2024-25), recording 48 tackles (26 solo), two tackles for loss and one sack, in addition to 10 special teams tackles (three solo).
- Played in 15 games (two starts) in 2025, notching a career-high 29 tackles (11 solo), two passes defensed and one tackle for loss. Posted six special teams tackles (two solo).
- Recorded the first tackle for loss of his career in Week 10 of 2025, finishing the contest with four tackles.
- Made his first career start in Week 8, finishing the game with nine tackles (three solo).
- Tied for the team high in tackles in Week 7 with 10 against the 49ers, the most he's recorded in a game in his career.
- Recorded a tackle on special teams in Weeks 3 and 4
- Earned his first-career sack in Week 17 at Washington for a loss of 13 yards.
- Logged his first-career sack in Week 17 at Washington for a loss of 13 yards with 4:36 remaining in the first quarter and finished with three solo tackles.
- Recorded a career-best five tackles (four solo) in the Week 5 win over Tampa Bay.
COLLEGE
- Played five seasons (2019-23) at Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.
- Appeared in 50 games (35 starts) for the Fighting Irish, recording 266 tackles (154 solo), 23 tackles for loss, nine passes defensed, six sacks and two forced fumbles.
- Named a two-time team captain (2022-23) and earned the 2023 Notre Dame Father Ted Man of the Year Award.
- Led the team in tackles for three consecutive seasons (2021-23).
- Started all 12 games in 2023, notching 76 tackles (41 solo), 7.5 tackles for loss, five passes defensed, 2.5 sacks and one forced fumble.
- Named a Campbell Trophy finalist, considered to be the "Academic Heisman" and a Wuerffel Trophy finalist, presented to the player who best exemplifies community service with leadership achievements on and off the field.
- As a redshirt senior in 2022, he totaled 82 tackles (45 solo), 8.5 tackles for loss, three passes defensed and two sacks.
- Named to the Phil Steele All-Independent First Team, the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and the Uplifting Athletes Rare Disease Champion Team.
- Started all 13 games as a redshirt junior and recorded a single-season career-high 101 tackles (63 solo), seven tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, one forced fumble and one pass defensed in 2021.
- During his redshirt freshman season, he played in 10 games and notched seven tackles (five solo).
- He redshirted his true freshman season and appeared in three games.
PERSONAL
- Born in Alpharetta, Ga.
- Attended Blessed Trinity HS in Roswell, Ga.
- Led Blessed Trinity to back-to-back Georgia Class AAAA State Championships in 2017 and 2018.
- Named the 2018 Atlanta Journal Constitution 7-AAAA Defensive Player of the Year.
- Named to the 2018 Atlanta Journal Constitution 7-AAAA First Team All-Region.
- Recorded 278 tackles, 37.5 tackles for loss, 22.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, two passes defensed and one interception.
- Son of Jim and Christine Bertrand.
- Graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration and is pursuing a master's degree in business analytics from Notre Dame.