Senior defensive back on Minnesota's 2025 roster.
5′10″ · 190 lb · Conyers, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 defensive back on Minnesota's 2025 roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJaionte McMillan
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Northwestern — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under P.J. Fleck.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #69 of 77 Big Ten DBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025
W 24–6
vs Nebraska
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 66-0vs Northwestern State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-27@ California | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-20vs Purdue | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-6vs Nebraska | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-20vs Michigan State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-42@ Oregon | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 35-38@ Northwestern | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 17-7vs Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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.
2026 Outlook
Minnesota
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Minnesota
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Minnesota · Last season: 8-5 · Talent rank #41 · 2026 recruiting class #28
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jeremiah Johnson’s 2025 season.
Matches Jeremiah on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Khari Johnson's graduate season at Boston College (2024).
Matches Khari on
Player DNA