Anthony Johnson Jr.

Former defensive back at Iowa State. 2022: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 60 tackles.

DB · Iowa State · Sr. · #1

6′0″ · 207 lb · Saint Petersburg, FL

CFB Index 63 · #142 of 493 safetiesLow confidenceAll-ConferenceGreen Bay — drafted 2023, Rd 7, Pick 25, #242 overall

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1335 nationally · Signed with Iowa State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Iowa State. 2022: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 60 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa State in 2018.
Drafted round 7 by the Green Bay in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Iowa State, 243 tackles — drafted at #242 overall by Green Bay.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20187 games

Signed with Iowa State3-star out of St. Petersburg

202212 games

All-Big 12second

2023

Drafted by Green Bayround 7, pick 242

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1335 national

CFB

College

Iowa State

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #242

Green Bay · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Big 12 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Matt Campbell

Iowa State

Played his entire career under Matt Campbell.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Green BayEntering 4th NFL season

#242Rd 7 · Pick 25

Green BayEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Matt Campbell — 35-28 over that span.

2018Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2019Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

2020Iowa State9-3HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2021Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Iowa State4-8HC: Matt Campbell · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

63Quality starter #142 of 493?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (93rd percentile). Strength: tackles (87th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#191 / 2755 · 93rd pct

Tackles#357 / 2755 · 87th pct

Passes defended#354 / 2755 · 85th pct

Interceptions#124 / 811 · 73rd pct

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Tackles for loss#1784 / 2755 · 29th pct

1.0

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.9	0.1	0.0	0.3
Road5g	5.2	0.1	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.3	0.0	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	4.6	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #142 of 493 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #142 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Iowa State	60	41	1.0	0.0	4	2	--
2021	Iowa State	55	32	3.0	1.0	4	--	--
2020	Iowa State	40	22	2.0	0.0	5	--	--
2019	Iowa State	60	47	7.0	2.0	10	--	--
2018	Iowa State	28	22	1.0	0.0	5	--	--
Career		243	164	14.0	3.0	28	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 10–7

at Iowa

1 QB HUR · 3 SOLO · 4 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With H. Dekkers — 184 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 68.7 · 14 rush yds (9 car) · T. Perkins — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 42-10vs Southeast Missouri State	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 10-7@ Iowa	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 43-10vs Ohio	2	0	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	L 24-31vs Baylor	6	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 11-14@ Kansas	5	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 9-10vs Kansas State	9	4	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 7	L 21-24@ Texas	9	6	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 13-27vs Oklahoma	8	5	0.5	—	0
Wk 10	W 31-14vs West Virginia	2	2	0.0	1	1
Wk 11	L 14-20@ Oklahoma State	4	3	0.5	—	0
Wk 12	L 10-14vs Texas Tech	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-62@ TCU	4	3	0.0	—	0
Total		60	41	1.0	2	4

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology