Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 18-21vs Maine | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 15-42@ Navy | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 9-45@ South Carolina | 12 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Total | 24 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#41
Jaydyn Johnson
Senior linebacker for Marshall. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′1″ · 210 lb · Dunbar, WV
In transfer portal — destination TBD (from Marshall)
How he plays
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.
Tackles: 98th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
24
tackles · 2026
1 TFL
3 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 12 tackles, 1 TFL, at South Carolina
His career numbers, season by seasonJaydyn Johnson
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Four seasons at Towson, two different head coaches: Charles Huff and Tony Gibson. The receipt: 12 tackles, 1 TFL against South Carolina — Week 2, 2026.
24 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20263 games
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Marshall
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
2 coaches2021–2022
Marshall
2025–2026era →
Tony Gibson
Marshall
Coaching transition mid-career: Charles Huff → Tony Gibson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025Marshall
DestinationTBD
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2021Marshall7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced, fast tempo
2022Marshall9-4HC: Charles Huff · Run-heavy
2025Marshall5-7HC: Tony Gibson · Run-leaning
2026Towson1-1HC: Tony Gibson · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles (98th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (94th 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
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 8.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 8.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Gibson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
Game by game
Jaydyn Johnson's 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
How he plays
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
LB
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Lucas Wacha’s 2016 season.
Matches Lucas on
Height
PD rate
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Ray Thornton III's graduate season at UAB (2024).
Matches Ray on
Class year
Height
Hurry rate
The linebacker corps · Marshall
- #22Kerion Martin67 tackles · 2025
- #5Javae Gilmore56 tackles · 2025
- #7Jayland Parker42 tackles · 2025
- #27Cannon Lewis25 tackles · 2025
- #41Jaydyn Johnson4 tackles · 2025
11 more on the roster · Marshall team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology