Senior defensive lineman for Indiana. 2020: 4 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.
6′3″ · 304 lb · Bassfield, MS
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 1207 nationally · Signed with Indiana
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Indiana. 2020: 4 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.
Jerome Johnson
He has spent four seasons in the Indiana defensive front. His first career honor landed in 2020: All-Big Ten. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles, 1 sacks against Ohio State, Week 12, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Indiana, 14 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Tom Allen.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Tom Allen — 24-21 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (94th percentile). Concern: passes defended (21st percentile).
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 · Per-game
2020 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Curt Cignetti
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2020
W 14–6
at Wisconsin
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
With H. Whitehead — 40 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 51 LONG · J. Tuttle — 130 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 11 rush yds (6 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 36-35vs Penn State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-21@ Rutgers | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 24-0@ Michigan State | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 12 | L 35-42@ Ohio State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-11vs Maryland | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 14-6@ Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 11 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 |