Senior defensive lineman for Texas Tech. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.
6′2″ · 290 lb · Salt Lake City, UT · Olympus
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Disrupts the pocket from the interior.
QB hurries: 98th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
tackles · 2025
6.5 TFL · 2.5 sacks
Best game: 3 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 INT, vs Lafayette
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Texas Tech. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.
Jojo Johnson
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Jojo Johnson arrived at Texas Tech from Oregon State. One game to point at: 4 tackles against California — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Texas Tech
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Trent Bray — 7-17 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (98th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (87th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th 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
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #267 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oregon State | 18 | 10 | 6.5 | 2.5 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Oregon State | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 23 | 12 | 7.5 | 2.5 | -- | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 15-34vs California | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 14-45@ Texas Tech | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-41@ Oregon | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-27vs Houston | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 23-27@ App State | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-39vs Wake Forest | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-13vs Lafayette | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-31@ Tulsa | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 8-32@ Washington State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 10 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 6.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jalen Redmond’s 2022 season.
Matches Jalen on
Differs from Jalen on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Keir Thomas's sophomore season at Florida State (2021).
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PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH Arrived at Texas Tech with two years of eligibility remaining after previously starring at Oregon State … appeared in 19 games with the Beavers, including one against his new school in Texas Tech during the 2025 season … will be on both sides of the series with the Red Raiders...
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