Player Dossier

2022-2025

San Diego State

Chris Johnson

CB • 6'0" • 185 lbs • Eastvale, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chris Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

68%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

99

Top-tier box-score impact for a corner

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Reliability

76

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

95

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
San Diego State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: California

Player Story

Chris Johnson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a cornerback from Eastvale, CA wearing No. 1, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Chris Johnson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8467

Eleanor Roosevelt · Corona, CA

Committed To
San Diego State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2026
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 27
Overall
No. 27
NFL Team
Miami Dolphins

Chris Johnson, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · San Diego State. Chris Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
141
TFL
3
Sacks
1
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
10
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

Chris Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
San Diego State · CB
Career Tackles
141
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 37 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · San Diego State
Top game
California
Recruit profile
3-star · Eleanor Roosevelt · San Diego State
High school pipeline
Eleanor Roosevelt · 18 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2026 · Round 1 · Pick 27 · Miami Dolphins
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
47 tackles · CB 39th (top 9%) · Mountain West 52nd (top 10%) · National 687th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonSan Diego State56-0--037.6
2023 Regular SeasonSan Diego State1029-0--013
2024 Regular SeasonSan Diego State1159-013025.8
2025 Regular SeasonSan Diego State11473127466.4

Related Context

Chris Johnson played CB for San Diego State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Chris Johnson recorded 6 receiving yards, 141 tackles, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with San Diego State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

San Diego State paired 17 primary output with 33.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 33.3 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: California

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

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Season Workbench

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2025 Regular Season · San Diego State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

33.3

Usage

8.2

Consistency

64.1

Best Game by takeover score

California

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Stony Brook: 2. Washington State: 2. California: 3. Northern Illinois: 1.5. Colorado State: 2. Nevada: 1. Fresno State: 0.5. Wyoming: 0. Boise State: 1. San José State: 3. New Mexico: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Stony Brook: 2 by 28.3. Washington State: 7 by 49.2. California: 6 by 55. Northern Illinois: 7 by 44.2. Colorado State: 5 by 40.8. Nevada: 3 by 22.5. Fresno State: 6 by 30. Wyoming: 2 by 8.3. Boise State: 6 by 35. San José State: 3 by 42.5. New Mexico: 0 by 10

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.6 · Games = 9 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 2 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

California

Best efficiency game

55 vs California

Result
Fri 11/28@ New MexicoL 17-2300001
Sun 11/23vs San José StateSplash gameW 25-3331110
Sun 11/16vs Boise StateW 17-765001
Sat 11/1vs WyomingW 24-722000
Sat 10/25@ Fresno StateW 23-0650.5000
Sun 10/12@ NevadaW 44-10320010
Sat 10/4vs Colorado StateSplash gameW 45-2453002
Sat 9/27@ Northern IllinoisW 6-3760.50010
Sun 9/21vs CaliforniaSplash gameW 34-0651011
Sun 9/7@ Washington StateSplash gameL 13-3674001
Fri 8/29vs Stony BrookSplash gameW 42-021001

Player Story

Chris Johnson story

Chris Johnson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a cornerback from Eastvale, CA wearing No. 1, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Chris Johnson's career was his defensive production: 141 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 6 interceptions across 37 career games in the available record. His career also includes 6 receiving yards and 78 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Chris Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    San Diego State

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonSan Diego State050.9
2023 Regular SeasonSan Diego State113.13.61
2024 Regular SeasonSan Diego State526.94.24
2025 Regular SeasonSan Diego State1733.38.212

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 80 California

Week 4 · W 34-0

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

85 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 118 San José State

Week 13 · W 25-3 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

73.6 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

#3

@ San José State

Week 12 · L 13-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 61 Washington State

Week 2 · L 13-36

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Havoc Plays

71.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.

#5

@ Central Michigan

Week 5 · L 21-22

2

Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · San Diego State

17 primary output · 33.3 efficiency · 8.2 usage

66.4

#2

2022 Regular Season · San Diego State

37.6

0 primary · 5 efficiency · 0.9 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · San Diego State

25.8

5 primary · 26.9 efficiency · 4.2 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games