Dmitri Johnson is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at New Mexico.
Johnson wins the gap play after play. The three seasons at New Mexico span three head coaches: Danny Gonzales, Bronco Mendenhall and Jason Eck. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1 sack against Minnesota — Bowl, 2025.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico | 29 | 20 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | New Mexico | 77 | 31 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | New Mexico | 46 | 24 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 152 | 75 | 10.0 | 3.5 | 6 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-34@ No. 14 Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 32-22vs Idaho State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-10@ UCLA | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-20vs New Mexico State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-35@ San José State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-14vs Utah State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 40-35@ UNLV | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-17vs Colorado State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-3@ Air Force | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 23-17vs San Diego State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 17-20vs Minnesota | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 20 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%3 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries29 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Eck
Pass share
43.3%
350 pass / 459 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
Team sack rate
8.7%
380 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #182 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #15 of 35 Mountain West DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
A stat line in 35 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Danny Gonzales, Bronco Mendenhall, and Jason Eck. Multi-era developmental context.
