Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 59-20vs Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#27
Chasen Johnson
Sophomore cornerback on USC's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 195 lb · Sanford, FL · Seminole HS / UCF
Returning to USC for 2026
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 1158 nationally · Signed with UCF
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 cornerback on USC's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to UCF in 2024.
- Transferred from UCF to USC in 2025.
Chasen Johnson
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 1 tackles against Georgia Southern — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20247 games
- Signed with UCF3-star out of Seminole
2025
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024UCF4-8HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-heavy
2025USC9-4HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
46.0%
97 pass / 114 run
Plays / game
70.3
3 games
Team sack rate
2.0%
102 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
USC
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · USC
Returning around him
- 3 USC players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -13 net (9 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
USC · Last season: 9-4 (AP #16) · Talent rank #9 · 2026 recruiting class #1
DNA match
Player DNA
Cover Corner
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CB
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Isaiah Johnson’s 2022 season.
Matches Isaiah on
PD rate
Weight
Tackle volume
Differs from Isaiah on
Height (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Zabien Brown's freshman season at Alabama (2024).
Matches Zabien on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Chasen Johnson
Background
2026: Johnson returns healthy and looks to compete for playing time at cornerback as a redshirt sophomore in 2026. 2025: Johnson, who transferred from UCF to USC in the summer of 2025, saw action in 2 games (Georgia Southern and Purdue) at cornerback as a sophomore in 2025. He suffered a season e...
The secondary · USC
- #6Christian Pierce64 tackles · 2025
- #25Marcelles Williams37 tackles · 2025
- #9Kennedy Urlacher27 tackles · 2025
- Jontez Williams15 tackles · 2025
- #27Chasen Johnson1 tackle · 2025
17 more on the roster · USC team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology