#57

Jackie Johnson III

Senior defensive lineman for Hawai'i. 2025: 6.5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

DL · Hawai'i · Sr. · #57

6′0″ · 245 lb · Honolulu, HI

CFB Index 74 · #75 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamReturning to Hawai'i for 2026

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

Sacks: 98th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

6.5

sacks · 2025

7.5 TFL · 28 tackles · 3 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 3 tackles, at Arizona

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Hawai'i. 2025: 6.5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

His career, year by year

Jackie Johnson III

DL · Hawai'i · Sr · #57

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Second year in the Hawai'i defensive front, same address the whole way. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Mountain West. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against UNLV, Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Timmy Chang, all pass-leaning offenses — 14-11 over that span.

2024Hawai'i5-7HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-leaning

2025Hawai'i9-4HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

74Quality starter #75 of 420?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (98th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (91st percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#55 / 2975 · 98th pct

6.5

Tackles for loss#234 / 2975 · 91st pct

7.5

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Tackles#1469 / 2975 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Solo tackles#2127 / 2975 · 26th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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	2.0	0.6	0.4	0.0
Road5g	2.8	0.7	0.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.9	0.5	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.8	0.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Timmy Chang

Pass share

63.7%

142 pass / 81 run

Plays / game

74.3

3 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

155 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

74 · #75 of 420 edge rushers

Unranked recruit. Now #75 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #6 of 35 Mountain West DLs

How the All-Mountain West estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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	Hawai'i	28	9	7.5	6.5	--	--	--
2024	Hawai'i	20	13	5.0	5.0	--	--	--
Career		48	22	12.5	11.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2025

W 38–6

vs San Diego State

1 TFL · 1 SACKS · 1 SOLO

Dominant 32-point win at home against San Diego State.

With C. Barfield — 69 rush yds (11 car) · M. Alejado — 256 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 70.6 · -10 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 23-20vs Stanford	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 1	L 6-40@ Arizona	3	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 2	W 37-20vs Sam Houston	3	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 3	W 23-3vs Portland State	2	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 4	L 21-23vs Fresno State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 44-35@ Air Force	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 7	W 44-26vs Utah State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 31-19@ Colorado State	2	1	1.5	1.5	—
Wk 10	L 38-45@ San José State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 38-6vs San Diego State	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	L 10-38@ UNLV	6	0	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 14	W 27-7vs Wyoming	4	1	1.5	0.5	—
Total		28	9	7.5	6.5	—

How he plays

Play style

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

28Tackles

9Solo

7.5TFL

6.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

28 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 21 sack
Week 30.5 sacks
Week 51 sack
Week 81.5 sacks
Week 111 sack
Week 140.5 sacks

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.

2026 Outlook

Hawai'i

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Hawai'i

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +7 net (16 in / 9 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Hawai'i · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #115 · 2026 recruiting class #124

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Mohamed Kamara’s 2021 season.

Mohamed Kamara

77%match

Colorado State · 2021

NFL Rd 5

Latrell Bankston

Houston · 2021

74%

David Reese

California · 2023

71%

Finn Claypool

Fresno State · 2025

All-Mountain West

69%

Matches Mohamed on

TFL rate

Hurry rate

Sack rate

Differs from Mohamed on

Height (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Anthony Ekpe's sophomore season at Ball State (2021).

Anthony Ekpe

84%match

Ball State · 2021

All-MAC

Maurice Westmoreland

UTEP · 2023

All-Conference USA

81%

Mohamed Kamara

Colorado State · 2021

All-Mountain WestNFL Rd 5

80%

Adrian Hope

Coastal Carolina · 2022

80%

Latrell Bankston

Houston · 2021

77%

Matches Anthony on

TFL rate

Sack rate

Weight

Player DNA

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Prince Dorbah

Arizona State · 2024

71%

J'Dan Burnett

Tulsa · 2025

66%

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

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

3-Tech Penetrator

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