#92

Jaylen Johnson

Senior defensive lineman for Washington. 2018: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

DL · Washington · Sr. · #92

6′3″ · 294 lb · Corona, CA

Washington 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 751 nationally · Signed with Washington

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Washington. 2018: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Washington in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Washington, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Washington3-star out of Centennial

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#751 national

CFB

College

Washington

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Chris Petersen

Washington

Played his entire career under Chris Petersen.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Chris Petersen, all run-leaning offenses — 32-9 over that span.

2016Washington12-2HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

2017Washington10-3HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

2018Washington10-4HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1212 / 2662 · 52nd pct

2.5

Tackles#1302 / 2662 · 50th pct

Solo tackles#1658 / 2662 · 36th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road6g	3.7	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	0.6	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jedd Fisch

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	Washington	31	13	2.5	1.0	--	--	--
2017	Washington	18	9	4.0	3.5	--	--	--
2016	Washington	13	8	2.5	1.0	--	--	--
Career		62	30	9.0	5.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2018

W 21–7

at Utah

5 TOT · 1 SOLO

With R. Porter — 38 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 55 LONG · M. Gaskin — 143 rush yds (30 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week