Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-15vs North Carolina | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#2
Jamel Johnson
Senior safety on TCU's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 205 lb · Arlington, TX · Seguin High School
CFB Index 92 · #5 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to TCU for 2026
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.
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 458 nationally · Signed with TCU
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on TCU's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to TCU in 2023.
- NCAA rules 2022 seniors ineligible for fifth year (Aug 23) Reported
In Their Words
687 windows · 2026 fan posts
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Jamel Johnson
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. This is his fourth year in the same secondary at TCU. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Big 12. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against North Carolina, Week 1, 2026.
5 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
20236 games
- Signed with TCU3-star out of Arlington Seguin
202513 games
The role got bigger.
- All-Big 12second
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
TCU
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Big 12 2nd team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coach2023–2026
TCU
Played his entire career under Sonny Dykes.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Sonny Dykes — 24-16 over that span.
2023TCU5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
2024TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning
2025TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced
2026TCU1-1HC: Sonny Dykes · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidenceReinvented
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: 5.0 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
Sonny Dykes
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
All-Conference
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
our read the All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #5 of 544 FBS safeties by CFB Index Score.2025 profile
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
92 · #5 of 544 safeties
Three-star recruit. Now #5 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #1 of 40 Big 12 Ss
How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed
49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. 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
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
TCU
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · TCU
Returning around him
- 3 TCU players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -2 net (12 in / 14 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
TCU · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #40 · 2026 recruiting class #47
DNA match
Player DNA
Rover
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Maxen Hook’s 2021 season.
86%match
All-MAC
Matches Maxen on
PD rate
Weight
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Lewis Carter's junior season at UCF (2025).
80%match
Matches Lewis on
Tackle volume
TFL rate
PD rate
Differs from Lewis on
Weight (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like Jamel Johnson
Background
HONORS » 2026 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Watch List » 2026 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List » 2026 Preseason All-Big 12 Team » Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (2025, SMU) AT TCU 2025 | JUNIOR (13/13) Was a key piece of the Horned Frog defense as a junior, playing and starting in every game at s...
The secondary · TCU
- #2Jamel Johnson96 tackles · 2025
- #10Jacob Fields90 tackles · 2025
- #12Kalen Carroll49 tackles · 2025
- #1Vernon Glover41 tackles · 2025
- #6Kylin Jackson26 tackles · 2025
17 more on the roster · TCU team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology