#18

DiMarco Johnson

Senior safety for Akron. 2025: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 53 tackles.

S · Akron · Sr. · #18

6′0″ · 220 lb · Irmo, SC

CFB Index 56 · #220 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Akron for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 12 pm ETat MinnesotaHuntington Bank StadiumMinnesota by 24

The numbers

interception · 2025

3 PBU · 53 tackles · 0.5 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 1 PBU, 8 tackles, at Ball State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Akron. 2025: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 53 tackles.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Tackles: 82nd percentile.

The full scouting read

DiMarco Johnson

S · Akron · Sr · #18

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Five seasons at Akron, two different head coaches: Oscar Rodriguez and Joe Moorhead. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Toledo — Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Akron2-10HC: Oscar Rodriguez · Run-leaning

2022Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2023Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2024Akron4-8HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2025Akron5-7HC: Joe Moorhead · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #220 of 544?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (82nd percentile). Strength: solo tackles (80th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#525 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Solo tackles#559 / 2975 · 80th pct

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Tackles for loss#2332 / 2975 · 18th pct

0.5

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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	4.5	0.1	0.0	0.2
Road6g	5.8	0.0	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.6	0.1	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+3g	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Moorhead

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #220 of 544 safeties

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-MAC

Based on 2025: #13 of 23 Mid-American Ss

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Akron	53	29	0.5	3	1	--
2024	Akron	1	1	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Akron	5	4	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Akron	3	2	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Akron	30	17	0.0	--	--	--
Career		92	53	0.5	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 51–7

vs Duquesne

3 TOT · 2 SOLO

Dominant 44-point win at home against Duquesne.

With B. Finley — 219 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 22.7 · 13 rush yds (2 car) · J. Gant — 161 rush yds (13 car) · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 0-10vs Wyoming	8	4	0.0	—	1	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 2	L 0-68@ Nebraska	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 28-31@ UAB	7	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 51-7vs Duquesne	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 3-45@ Toledo	8	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 28-22vs Central Michigan	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 7-20vs Miami (OH)	4	3	0.5	—	0
Wk 8	L 28-42@ Ball State	8	2	0.0	1	1
Wk 9	W 24-16@ Buffalo	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 19-16@ Bowling Green	5	1	0.0	—	0
Total		53	29	0.5	1	3