#17

John Johnson

Former defensive back at Fresno State. 2017: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 26 tackles.

DB · Fresno State · #17

5′9″ · 185 lb · Fresno, CA

Los Angeles — drafted 2017, Rd 3, Pick 27, #91 overall

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 148 nationally · Signed with UCLA

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Fresno State. 2017: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 26 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to UCLA in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Fresno State, 32 tackles — drafted at #91 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2013

Signed with UCLA4-star out of Central East

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#148 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted (yet)

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

3 coaches

2015

Tim DeRuyter

Fresno State

2016

Eric Kiesau

Fresno State

era →

2017

Jeff Tedford

Fresno State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Tim DeRuyter, Eric Kiesau, and Jeff Tedford. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 10th NFL season

#91Rd 3 · Pick 27

Los AngelesEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015UCLA8-5HC: Jim Mora · Balanced

2016UCLA4-8HC: Jim Mora · Pass-leaning

2017Fresno State10-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (84th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#376 / 2682 · 84th pct

Solo tackles#1238 / 2682 · 52nd pct

Tackles#1556 / 2682 · 41st pct

Interceptions#309 / 795 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

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Tackles for loss#2274 / 2682 · 8th pct

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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

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road6g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.6
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Entz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Fresno State	26	19	0.0	0.0	4	1	--
2016	UCLA	6	5	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2015	UCLA	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		32	24	1.0	0.0	4	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2017

W 28–17

vs Boise State

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

With M. McMaryion — 332 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.4 · 27 rush yds (4 car) · B. Cusick — 39 AVG · 48 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 66-0vs Incarnate Word	1	1	—	0
Wk 2	L 10-41@ Alabama	5	3	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 3	L 16-48@ Washington	4	1	—	0
Wk 5	W 41-21vs Nevada	4	3	1	0
Wk 6	W 27-10@ San José State	1	1	—	1
Wk 7	W 38-0vs New Mexico	0	0	—	1
Wk 8	W 27-3@ San Diego State	3	2	—	0
Wk 10	W 20-13vs BYU	3	3	—	0
Wk 11	W 31-21@ Hawai'i	2	2	—	0
Wk 13	W 28-17vs Boise State	1	1	—	0
Bowl	W 33-27@ Houston	2	2	—	2
Total		26	19	1	4

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

2013

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays