Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-66@ Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#23
JK Johnson
Senior defensive back on Florida Atlantic's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 185 lb · St. Peters, MO · De Smet Jesuit
Transferred Oklahoma State → Florida Atlantic for 2026
Recruiting
4★
CB recruit
No. 50 nationally · Signed with Ohio State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Florida Atlantic's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ohio State in 2021.
- Transferred from Oklahoma State to Florida Atlantic in 2026.
JK Johnson
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. JK Johnson has played for four head coaches across four seasons and four programs. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against Florida, Week 1, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2021
- Signed with Ohio State4-star out of De Smet Jesuit
2023
- Entered the portal
20257 games
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
4 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
3 coaches2022
Florida Atlantic
2025–2026era →
Zach Kittley
Florida Atlantic
Played under 3 different head coaches: Willie Taggart, Chad Lunsford, and Zach Kittley. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Florida Atlantic
2025Oklahoma State
2026Florida Atlantic
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced
2024LSU9-4HC: Brian Kelly · Pass-leaning
2025Oklahoma State1-11HC: Doug Meacham · Balanced
2026Florida Atlantic1-1HC: Zach Kittley · Balanced, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th 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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Zach Kittley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Oklahoma State | 16 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | LSU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 21 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Cover Corner
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Dreyden Norwood’s 2023 season.
Matches Dreyden on
Weight
PD rate
Height
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jahari Rogers's junior season at SMU (2022).
94%match
Matches Jahari on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like JK Johnson
Background
At Florida Atlantic Graduate (2026) Joined Florida Atlantic for his sixth season in January of 2026 At Oklahoma State Fifth Year (2025) Saw action in eight games Finished year with 16 total tackles and two pass breakups Recorded a tackle in his season debut against UT Martin Tallied two tackles a...
The secondary · Florida Atlantic
- #22Jayden Sweeney41 tackles · 2025
- #11Gavench Marcelin32 tackles · 2025
- #4Damarius McGhee30 tackles · 2025
- #12Jay Crable28 tackles · 2025
- #23JK Johnson16 tackles · 2025
28 more on the roster · Florida Atlantic team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology