#27

Jawuan Johnson

Senior linebacker for TCU. 2018: 54 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · TCU · Sr. · #27

6′0″ · 218 lb · East St. Louis, IL

TCU 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 2466 nationally · Signed with Northern Illinois

Statement game12 tackles · 4.5 TFL · 1 sackvs Duke (FBS) · L 14-36

Top 0.1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for TCU. 2018: 54 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Northern Illinois in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at TCU, 165 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2014

Signed with Northern Illinois2-star out of New Boston

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2466 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

1 coach

2015–2018

Gary Patterson

TCU

Played his entire career under Gary Patterson.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Northern Illinois8-6HC: Rod Carey · Run-heavy

2016Northern Illinois5-7HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Northern Illinois8-5HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

2018TCU7-6HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#530 / 2662 · 80th pct

Solo tackles#532 / 2662 · 79th pct

QB hurries#450 / 2662 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#906 / 2662 · 64th pct

3.5

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	6.0	0.4	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	8.2	0.6	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

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 · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	TCU	54	32	3.5	1.0	--	1	--
2017	Northern Illinois	98	59	18.0	4.0	3	5	--
2016	Northern Illinois	13	9	5.5	0.0	--	--	--
2015	Northern Illinois	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		165	100	27.0	5.0	3	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2018

W 31–24

vs Oklahoma State

12 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. Reagor — 121 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · A. Nunez — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 56 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week