Player Dossier

2016-2019

New Mexico

Johnny Hernandez

S • 5'10" • 187 lbs • Temecula, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Johnny Hernandez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

41%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

50

Solid production for a safety

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Reliability

44

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · New Mexico

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
New Mexico
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State

Player Story

Johnny Hernandez built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a safety from Temecula, CA wearing No. 32, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Johnny Hernandez's career was his defensive...

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Johnny Hernandez, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · New Mexico. Johnny Hernandez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
57
TFL
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Johnny Hernandez quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico · S
Career Tackles
57
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 13 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · New Mexico
Top game
Colorado State
Latest roster
No. 32 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
54 tackles · S 98th (top 21%) · Mountain West 57th (top 11%) · National 590th (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonNew Mexico00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonNew Mexico00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonNew Mexico33-0--037
2019 Regular SeasonNew Mexico10541012044.1

Related Context

Johnny Hernandez played S for New Mexico. Across 4 tracked seasons, Johnny Hernandez recorded 57 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with New Mexico.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

New Mexico paired 4 primary output with 26.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 26.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · New Mexico

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

26.5

Usage

4.8

Consistency

10

Best Game by takeover score

Colorado State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Sam Houston: 1. Notre Dame: 1. San José State: 0. Colorado State: 2. Wyoming: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Nevada: 0. Boise State: 0. Air Force: 0. Utah State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Sam Houston: 11 by 55.8. Notre Dame: 5 by 30.8. San José State: 2 by 8.3. Colorado State: 5 by 40.8. Wyoming: 11 by 45.8. Hawai'i: 3 by 12.5. Nevada: 3 by 12.5. Boise State: 3 by 12.5. Air Force: 7 by 29.2. Utah State: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 9 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Colorado State

Best efficiency game

55.8 vs Sam Houston

Result
Sat 11/30vs Utah StateL 25-3842000
Sat 11/23vs Air ForceL 22-4474000
Sun 11/17@ Boise StateL 9-4232000
Sun 11/3@ NevadaL 10-2132000
Sat 10/26vs Hawai'iL 31-4531000
Sat 10/19@ Wyoming10+ tacklesL 10-23116000
Sat 10/12vs Colorado StateSplash gameL 21-3554101
Sat 10/5@ San José StateL 21-3220000
Sat 9/14@ Notre DameL 14-6653000
Sat 8/31vs Sam Houston10+ tacklesW 39-31116001

Player Story

Johnny Hernandez story

Johnny Hernandez built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a safety from Temecula, CA wearing No. 32, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Johnny Hernandez's career was his defensive production: 57 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 2 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with New Mexico. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Johnny Hernandez's production has multiple signals. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across New Mexico.

The arc is straightforward: Johnny Hernandez moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    New Mexico

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonNew Mexico0
2017 Regular SeasonNew Mexico00
2018 Regular SeasonNew Mexico04.20.80
2019 Regular SeasonNew Mexico426.54.84

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Colorado State

Week 7 · L 21-35 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

67.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Sam Houston

Week 1 · W 39-31

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Havoc Plays

52.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Notre Dame

Week 3 · L 14-66

1

Havoc Plays

52.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Wyoming

Week 8 · L 10-23 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

35.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 35.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Air Force

Week 13 · L 22-44 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

26.7 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 26.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · New Mexico

4 primary output · 26.5 efficiency · 4.8 usage

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#2

2018 Regular Season · New Mexico

37

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · New Mexico

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games