#43

Dalton Johnson

Former defensive back at Arizona. 2025: 4 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 97 tackles.

DB · Arizona · Sr. · #43

5′11″ · 198 lb · Katy, TX

CFB Index 94 · #3 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDrafted by Las Vegas — Rd 5, Pick 10, #150 overall

How he plays

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

Tackles: 98th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

7 PBU · 97 tackles · 2 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 10 tackles, vs BYU

Statement game15 tackles · 3 TFLat TCU (FBS) · L 28-49

Top 1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Arizona. 2025: 4 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 97 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arizona in 2021.
Drafted round 5 by the Las Vegas in 2026.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Arizona, 269 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #150 overall by Las Vegas.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2021

Signed with Arizona3-star out of Katy

202512 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Big 12first

2026

Drafted by Las Vegasround 5, pick 150

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1344 national

CFB

College

Arizona

2021–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #150

Las Vegas · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2025

2 coaches

2021–2023

Jedd Fisch

Arizona

2024–2025

Brent Brennan

Arizona

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jedd Fisch → Brent Brennan. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Las Vegas2026 NFL rookie season

#150Rd 5 · Pick 10

Las Vegas2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Arizona1-11HC: Jedd Fisch · Balanced

2022Arizona5-7HC: Jedd Fisch · Pass-leaning

2023Arizona10-3HC: Jedd Fisch · Balanced

2024Arizona4-8HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2025Arizona9-4HC: Brent Brennan · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

94All-America level #3 of 544?

Medium confidenceAscending8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (98th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (97th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#57 / 2975 · 98th pct

Solo tackles#90 / 2975 · 97th pct

Passes defended#85 / 2975 · 96th pct

Interceptions#23 / 817 · 95th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	8.3	0.2	0.1	0.6
Road5g	7.8	0.1	0.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.8	0.2	0.2	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	9.3	0.2	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Brennan

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #3 of 544 FBS safeties by CFB Index Score.2025 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

94 · #3 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #3 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Arizona	97	48	2.0	1.0	7	4	--
2024	Arizona	78	39	5.0	0.0	2	--	--
2023	Arizona	86	53	6.0	2.0	1	1	--
2022	Arizona	5	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Arizona	3	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		269	144	13.0	3.0	10	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 23–17

vs Kansas State

4 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With I. Mahdi — 189 rush yds (22 car) · N. Fifita — 178 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 55.4 · 48 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 40-6vs Hawai'i	10	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 48-3vs Weber State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 23-17vs Kansas State	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 14-39@ Iowa State	10	8	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 41-13vs Oklahoma State	5	5	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 27-33vs BYU	10	2	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 8	L 28-31@ Houston	11	7	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 52-17@ Colorado	7	6	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 11	W 24-20vs Kansas	9	1	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 12	W 30-24@ Cincinnati	8	4	0.5	0.0	1	1
Wk 13	W 41-17vs Baylor	18	7	0.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 18 tackles
Wk 14	W 23-7@ Arizona State	3	2	0.0	0.0	1	2
Total		97	48	2.0	1.0	4	7

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

Dalton Johnson

2021

202512 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Rover

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