Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025UCF
Jamaal Johnson
EDGE • 6'2" • 250 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jamaal Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
30
Developing production for an edge defender
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Reliability
30
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
42
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCF
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UCF
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Player Story
Jamaal Johnson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as an edge defender from Miami, FL wearing No. 99, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Jamaal Johnson's career was his defensive production: 36...
Read the storyJamaal Johnson, EDGE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCF. Jamaal Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 36
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 4
Quick Answers
Jamaal Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCF · EDGE
- Career Tackles
- 36
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · UCF
- Top game
- Cincinnati
- High school pipeline
- Carlsbad · 27 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 24 tackles · EDGE 20th (top 41%) · Big 12 203rd (top 28%) · National 1,784th (top 29%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 26.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 41 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCF | 10 | 24 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | - | 0 | 46.1 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UCF to Northwestern | P4 to P4 | 80 | Jan 6, 2026 |
Jamaal Johnson played EDGE for UCF. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jamaal Johnson recorded 36 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UCF.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
UCF paired 4.5 primary output with 14.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.5 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: Houston
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · UCF
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
14.5
Usage
4.2
Consistency
35.2
Best Game by takeover score
Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Jacksonville State: 0. North Carolina A&T: 1. North Carolina: 1. Cincinnati: 1. West Virginia: 0. Baylor: 0.5. Houston: 1. Texas Tech: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. BYU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Jacksonville State: 1 by 4.2. North Carolina A&T: 2 by 18.3. North Carolina: 4 by 26.7. Cincinnati: 1 by 14.2. West Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Baylor: 3 by 17.5. Houston: 5 by 30.8. Texas Tech: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma State: 2 by 8.3. BYU: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 5 · +0.1 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
Houston
Best efficiency game
30.8 vs Houston
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ BYU | L 21-41 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Oklahoma State | W 17-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Texas Tech | L 9-48 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Houston | L 27-30 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Baylor | L 3-30 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs West Virginia | W 45-13 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Cincinnati | L 11-20 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs North Carolina | W 34-9 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs North Carolina A&T | W 68-7 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Jacksonville State | W 17-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jamaal Johnson story
Jamaal Johnson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as an edge defender from Miami, FL wearing No. 99, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Jamaal Johnson's career was his defensive production: 36 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 17 career games in the available record. That gives Jamaal Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UCF
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 1 | 9.2 | 2.9 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | -1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 3 | 16.9 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCF | 4.5 | 14.5 | 4.2 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Cincinnati
Week 7 · L 13-19 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 40 Houston
Week 11 · L 27-30 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
68 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 91 North Carolina
Week 4 · W 34-9
1
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 56 Cincinnati
Week 7 · L 11-20 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
#5
vs North Carolina A&T
Week 2 · W 68-7
1
Havoc Plays
51.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · UCF
4.5 primary output · 14.5 efficiency · 4.2 usage
46.1
#2
2024 Regular Season · UCF
41
3 primary · 16.9 efficiency · 5 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · UCF
37.2
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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