Jackie Johnson III is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Hawai'i.
Johnson disrupts the pocket from the interior. Second year in the Hawai'i defensive front. The first career honor came in 2025: All-Mountain West. On tape: 6 tackles against UNLV, Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-20vs Stanford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 6-40@ Arizona | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-20vs Sam Houston | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-3vs Portland State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-23vs Fresno State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 44-35@ Air Force | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 44-26vs Utah State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-19@ Colorado State | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 38-45@ San José State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-6vs San Diego State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-38@ UNLV | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 27-7vs Wyoming | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 9 | 7.5 | 6.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
27%8 TFLSack rate
23%6 sacksHurry rate
11%3 hurries28 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 6.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Timmy Chang, all pass-leaning offenses — 14-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Timmy Chang
Pass share
60.2%
540 pass / 357 run
Plays / game
69.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
518 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
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
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Timmy Chang.
