Player Dossier

2018-2020

Indiana

Jamar Johnson

DB • 6'1" • 197 lbs • Sarasota, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jamar Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

92%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

93

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

73

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Indiana

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Indiana
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Player Story

Jamar Johnson built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a defensive back from Sarasota, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Jamar Johnson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8477

Riverview · Sarasota, FL

Committed To
Indiana
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2021
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 20
Overall
No. 164
NFL Team
Denver Broncos

Jamar Johnson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Indiana. Jamar Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
69
TFL
8
Sacks
4
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
5
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Jamar Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Indiana · DB
Career Tackles
69
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Indiana
Top game
Ohio State
Recruit profile
3-star · Riverview · Indiana
High school pipeline
Riverview · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2021 · Round 5 · Pick 20 · Denver Broncos
Latest roster
No. 22 · Junior
2020 Tackles rank
42 tackles · DB 92nd (top 12%) · Big Ten 36th (top 7%) · National 430th (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonIndiana42-0-1027.2
2019 PostseasonIndiana122-0--247.4
2019 Regular SeasonIndiana12234.531-047.4
2020 PostseasonIndiana89-0-1064.4
2020 Regular SeasonIndiana8333.51-3064.4

Related Context

Jamar Johnson played DB for Indiana. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jamar Johnson recorded 69 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Indiana.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Indiana paired 12.5 primary output with 37.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 37.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Postseason · Indiana

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

1.6

Efficiency

37.5

Usage

9

Consistency

44.9

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ole Miss: 1. Penn State: 2. Rutgers: 1.5. Michigan: 1. Michigan State: 0. Ohio State: 5. Maryland: 0. Wisconsin: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ole Miss: 9 by 47.5. Penn State: 10 by 61.7. Rutgers: 5 by 35.8. Michigan: 0 by 10. Michigan State: 4 by 16.7. Ohio State: 5 by 70.8. Maryland: 5 by 20.8. Wisconsin: 4 by 36.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.1 · Games = 6 · -1.9 vs Losses
Losses3 · Games = 2 · +1.9 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ohio State

Best efficiency game

70.8 vs Ohio State

Result
Sat 1/2vs Ole MissL 20-2698001
Sat 12/5@ WisconsinSplash gameW 14-6430011
Sat 11/28vs MarylandW 27-1153000
Sat 11/21@ Ohio StateSplash gameL 35-42551121
Sat 11/14@ Michigan StateW 24-043000
Sat 11/7vs MichiganW 38-2100001
Sat 10/31@ RutgersW 37-21531.5000
Sat 10/24vs Penn State10+ tackles · Splash gameW 36-351071010

Player Story

Jamar Johnson story

Jamar Johnson built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a defensive back from Sarasota, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Jamar Johnson's career was his defensive production: 69 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 7 interceptions across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Jamar Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Indiana

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182019201920202020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonIndiana29.64
2019 PostseasonIndiana10.517.47.88.5
2019 Regular SeasonIndiana10.517.47.80
2020 PostseasonIndiana12.537.592
2020 Regular SeasonIndiana12.537.590

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ohio State

Week 12 · L 35-42 · Conference game

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Maryland

Week 8 · W 34-28 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Ball State

Week 1 · W 34-24

3

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Rutgers

Week 5 · W 24-17 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Penn State

Week 8 · W 36-35 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Indiana

12.5 primary output · 37.5 efficiency · 9 usage

64.4

#2

2020 Regular Season · Indiana

64.4

12.5 primary · 37.5 efficiency · 9 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Indiana

47.4

10.5 primary · 17.4 efficiency · 7.8 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

6

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games