Player Dossier

2021-2025

Arizona

Dalton Johnson

DB • 5'11" • 198 lbs • Katy, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dalton Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

69%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

81

High-end production for a defensive back

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Reliability

72

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

84

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Arizona

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Arizona
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: TCU

Player Story

Dalton Johnson built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Katy, TX wearing No. 43, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Dalton Johnson's career was his defensive production:...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2026
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 10
Overall
No. 150
NFL Team
Las Vegas Raiders

Dalton Johnson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Arizona. Dalton Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
269
TFL
13
Sacks
3
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
10

Quick Answers

Dalton Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona · DB
Career Tackles
269
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 40 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Arizona
Top game
TCU
High school pipeline
Cottage Hill Christian Academy · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2026 · Round 5 · Pick 10 · Las Vegas Raiders
Latest roster
No. 43 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
97 tackles · DB 7th (top 1%) · Big 12 6th (top 1%) · National 58th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonArizona23-0--039.3
2022 Regular SeasonArizona35-0--038.4
2023 PostseasonArizona1313-0--047.6
2023 Regular SeasonArizona13736211047.6
2024 Regular SeasonArizona107850-2048
2025 Regular SeasonArizona129721-7069.3

Related Context

Dalton Johnson played DB for Arizona. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dalton Johnson recorded 269 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Arizona.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Arizona paired 14 primary output with 43.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 37.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: TCU

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Arizona

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

37.8

Usage

9.5

Consistency

25.2

Best Game by takeover score

TCU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northern Arizona: 1. Utah: 0. Texas Tech: 0. BYU: 0. Colorado: 0. West Virginia: 1.5. UCF: 0. Houston: 1. TCU: 3. Arizona State: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Arizona: 2 by 18.3. Utah: 8 by 33.3. Texas Tech: 1 by 4.2. BYU: 6 by 25. Colorado: 11 by 45.8. West Virginia: 13 by 65. UCF: 9 by 37.5. Houston: 4 by 26.7. TCU: 15 by 80. Arizona State: 9 by 42.5

Split Comparison

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Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 7 · +0.0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

TCU

Best efficiency game

80 vs TCU

Result
Sat 11/30vs Arizona StateL 7-49960.5000
Sat 11/23@ TCU10+ tackles · Splash gameL 28-49159300
Sat 11/16vs HoustonW 27-341100
Sat 11/2@ UCFL 12-5696000
Sat 10/26vs West Virginia10+ tacklesL 26-311350.5001
Sat 10/19vs Colorado10+ tacklesL 7-34114000
Sat 10/12@ BYUL 19-4163000
Sun 10/6vs Texas TechL 22-2811000
Sun 9/29@ UtahW 23-1083000
Sun 9/8vs Northern ArizonaW 22-1021001

Player Story

Dalton Johnson story

Dalton Johnson built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Katy, TX wearing No. 43, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Dalton Johnson's career was his defensive production: 269 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 5 interceptions across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Arizona. 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 Dalton Johnson's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 29 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona.

The arc is straightforward: Dalton Johnson 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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    Arizona

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonArizona06.31.4
2022 Regular SeasonArizona0710
2023 PostseasonArizona1135.77.611
2023 Regular SeasonArizona1135.77.60
2024 Regular SeasonArizona737.89.5-4
2025 Regular SeasonArizona1443.310.27

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ TCU

Week 13 · L 28-49 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

93.3 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 93.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Utah

Week 12 · W 42-18 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

91.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Arizona State

Week 13 · W 59-23 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

87.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 60 Arizona State

Week 14 · W 23-7 · 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.

#5

@ No. 56 Cincinnati

Week 12 · W 30-24 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

80.5 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Arizona

14 primary output · 43.3 efficiency · 10.2 usage

69.3

#2

2024 Regular Season · Arizona

48

7 primary · 37.8 efficiency · 9.5 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Arizona

47.6

11 primary · 35.7 efficiency · 7.6 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

8

Splash games

11

10+ tackle games