He led the Big Ten Conference in tackles for the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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.

[1] 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.

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.

[5] Mouton was one of fifty-one players named on the preseason watch list for the 2010 Butkus Award for linebackers.

[10] On September 11, 2010, Mouton set a career-high with thirteen tackles (6 solo and 7 assists) v. Notre Dame.

[5] 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.

[12] 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.

Mouton was one of 32 linebackers invited to participate in the February 24 – March 1, 2011 NFL Scouting Combine.

[27] The Chargers originally obtained the pick in a trade that sent Antonio Cromartie to the New York Jets.