#44

Jett Johnson

Senior linebacker for Mississippi State. 2023: 130 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 6 sacks.

LB · Mississippi State · Sr. · #44

6′2″ · 230 lb · Tupelo, MS

CFB Index 94 · #5 of 577 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceMississippi State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 1032 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State

Statement game18 tackles · 2 TFL · 1 sackvs Southern Miss (FBS) · W 41-20

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Mississippi State. 2023: 130 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 6 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Mississippi State in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Mississippi State, 325 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with Mississippi State3-star out of Tupelo

202312 games

The role got bigger.

All-SECsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1032 national

CFB

College

Mississippi State

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

3 coaches

2018

Joe Moorhead

Mississippi State

2020–2022

Mike Leach

Mississippi State

era →

2023

Greg Knox

Mississippi State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Joe Moorhead, Mike Leach, and Greg Knox. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Mississippi State8-5HC: Joe Moorhead · Run-heavy

2020Mississippi State4-7HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2021Mississippi State7-6HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Mississippi State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

2023Mississippi State5-7HC: Greg Knox · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

94All-America level #5 of 577?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (100th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#11 / 2842 · 100th pct

130

Tackles for loss#35 / 2842 · 99th pct

14.0

Sacks#74 / 2842 · 97th pct

6.0

Solo tackles#131 / 2842 · 95th pct

QB hurries#230 / 2842 · 89th pct

Interceptions#57 / 827 · 88th pct

Passes defended#1113 / 2842 · 50th 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

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	11.4	1.2	0.5	0.1
Road4g	9.8	1.0	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	11.0	1.1	0.7	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	10.7	1.2	0.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

our read the All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #5 of 577 FBS linebackers by CFB Index Score.2023 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

94 · #5 of 577 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #5 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Mississippi State	130	45	14.0	6.0	1	3	--
2022	Mississippi State	104	44	8.0	2.0	2	--	--
2021	Mississippi State	86	37	6.0	0.0	3	1	--
2020	Mississippi State	3	--	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Mississippi State	2	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		325	126	28.5	8.0	6	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 31–24

vs Arizona

2 TFL · 1 SACKS · 7 SOLO

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

With W. Rogers — 162 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.7 · -15 rush yds (2 car) · J. Marks — 123 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 48-7vs SE Louisiana	6	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 31-24vs Arizona	11	7	2.0	1.0	2	0
Wk 3	L 14-41vs LSU	14	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 30-37@ South Carolina	14	7	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 17-40vs Alabama	14	3	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 41-28vs Western Michigan	7	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 7-3@ Arkansas	11	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 13-27@ Auburn	7	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 3-24vs Kentucky	8	3	2.5	0.0	—	1	2.5 TFL
Wk 11	L 10-51@ Texas A&M	7	5	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 41-20vs Southern Miss	18	2	2.0	1.0	1	0	Season-high 18 tackles
Wk 13	L 7-17vs Ole Miss	13	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		130	45	14.0	6.0	3	1

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

Jett Johnson

2018

202312 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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