Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-15vs Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#15
Jamari Johnson
Sophomore linebacker for Cincinnati. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
5′10″ · 175 lb · Birmingham, AL · Pell City
Returning to Cincinnati for 2026
The numbers
1
tackle · 2026
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 1 tackles, vs Boston College
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 linebacker for Cincinnati. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Cincinnati in 2025.
Jamari Johnson put up 510 yards as Oregon's second tight end. Now the starter's gone to the NFL, and the 6-5, 257-pound weapon who moves like a receiver gets the lead role he passed on the draft to claim.
Even behind NFL-bound Kenyon Sadiq, Johnson produced — 32 catches, 510 yards, three touchdowns, and a fifth-place finish in PFF's tight-end wins-above-average. At 6-5, 257, scouts describe "prototype size with the movement skills of a wide receiver," the modern flex-tight-end build. He forwent the draft to step into Oregon's featured role. The forward stakes are a Mackey-contender season: he was already efficient as a complementary piece, and a full lead-role workload in a high-powered Oregon offense is the runway to All-America production. The talent and the fit are aligned; 2026 is the volume.
How he plays
Johnson is a move-tight-end in the modern mold — big enough to block, fluid enough to run the routes of a receiver. The scouting consensus is the through-line: "prototype size with the movement skills of a wide receiver" at 6-5, 257, and a top-five PFF wins-above-average grade that says he was already one of the most valuable tight ends in the country as a secondary option. He's a matchup piece — too quick for linebackers, too big for safeties — and the projection is simple: hand a player this efficient the lead role and the targets multiply. The growth is opportunity, not ability.
His career
2025
- Signed with Cincinnati3-star out of Pell City
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Cincinnati
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Scott Satterfield — 9-6 over that span.
2025Cincinnati7-6HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced, slow tempo
2026Cincinnati2-0HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Cincinnati | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Cincinnati
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Cincinnati
Returning around him
- 4 Cincinnati players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +0 net (23 in / 23 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Cincinnati · Last season: 7-6 (AP #22) · Talent rank #77 · 2026 recruiting class #58
The linebacker corps · Cincinnati
- #12Filip Maciorowski76 tackles · 2025
- #22Jonathan Thompson67 tackles · 2025
- #3Antwan Peek Jr.49 tackles · 2025
- #31Simeon Coleman39 tackles · 2025
- #15Jamari Johnson2 tackles · 2025
10 more on the roster · Cincinnati team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology