Jamon Dumas-Johnson

Former linebacker at Kentucky. 2024: 67 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks.

LB · Kentucky · Sr. · #2

6′1″ · 245 lb · Hyattsville, MD

CFB Index 74 · #94 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceKentucky 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

LB recruit

No. 198 nationally · Signed with Georgia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Kentucky. 2024: 67 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Georgia in 2021.
Transferred from Georgia to Kentucky in 2024.
Named All-America (ESPN) in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Kentucky, 182 tackles, an All-American season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20219 games

Signed with Georgia4-star out of St. Frances Academy

202213 games

All-Americafirst · 2 selectors
All-SECsecond

202411 games

Entered the portal
All-SEC

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#198 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2022)

2 selectors honored him

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

Played his entire career under Mark Stoops.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Georgia14-1HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

2022Georgia15-0HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced

2023Georgia13-1HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced

2024Kentucky4-8HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

74Quality starter #94 of 571?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (91st percentile). Strength: sacks (90th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#240 / 2892 · 91st pct

Sacks#243 / 2892 · 90th pct

3.5

Tackles#283 / 2892 · 90th pct

Tackles for loss#304 / 2892 · 89th pct

7.0

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.0	0.6	0.3	0.0
Road4g	8.0	0.6	0.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.8	0.8	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	7.6	0.4	0.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Stein

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

74 · #94 of 571 LBs

Former four-star. Now #94 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Kentucky	67	39	7.0	3.5	--	1	--
2023	Georgia	34	29	5.5	3.5	2	--	--
2022	Georgia	60	41	9.0	4.0	2	--	--
2021	Georgia	21	9	2.5	2.0	1	1	--
Career		182	118	24.0	13.0	5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2024

W 20–17

at Ole Miss

7 TOT · 3 SOLO · 0 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With B. Vandagriff — 243 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.3 · 3 rush yds (17 car) · A. Laros — 42 AVG · 53 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 31-0vs Southern Miss	2	2	0.0	0.0	1
Wk 2	L 6-31vs South Carolina	4	3	1.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 12-13vs Georgia	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 41-6vs Ohio	4	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 20-17@ Ole Miss	7	3	1.5	0.5	—
Wk 7	L 13-20vs Vanderbilt	9	6	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 8	L 20-48@ Florida	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 10-24vs Auburn	8	6	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 10	L 18-28@ Tennessee	14	7	1.0	1.0	—	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 13	L 14-31@ Texas	8	4	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 14-41vs Louisville	5	3	0.0	0.0	—
Total		67	39	7.0	3.5	1

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