Johnathan Edwards

Former defensive back at Tulane. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

DB · Tulane · Sr. · #8

6′1″ · 200 lb · Saint Louis, MO

CFB Index 18 · #507 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceTulane 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive back at Tulane. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Indiana State in 2020.
Transferred from Indiana State to Tulane in 2024.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 3755 nationally · Signed with Indiana State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

One season at Tulane, 24 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2020

Signed with Indiana State2-star out of Parkway North

202411 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3755 national

CFB

College

Tulane

2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Tulane9-5HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

18Below cohort / limited sample #507 of 537?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#1346 / 2892 · 52nd pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Tackles#1695 / 2892 · 40th pct

Tackles for loss#1909 / 2892 · 27th pct

1.0

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road6g	2.3	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

18 · #507 of 537 safeties

Two-star recruit. Now #507 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Tulane	24	16	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		24	16	1.0	0.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024

W 41–33

at Louisiana

2 TOT · 2 SOLO

Edged out Louisiana on the road in a shootout.

With R. Pleasant — 2 SOLO · 1 TD · 2 TOT · M. Hughes — 166 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 52-0vs SE Louisiana	2	0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 2	L 27-34vs Kansas State	5	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 19-34@ Oklahoma	1	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 41-33@ Louisiana	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 45-10vs South Florida	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-10vs Rice	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 45-37@ North Texas	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 35-0@ Navy	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 24-34vs Memphis	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 15	L 14-35@ Army	1	0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 8-33@ Florida	6	3	0.0	—	0
Total		24	16	1.0	—	1

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