Jomon Dotson

Senior defensive back for Nevada. 2018: 2 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 75 tackles.

DB · Nevada · Sr. · #1

5′11″ · 190 lb · American Canyon, CA

Nevada 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 779 nationally · Signed with Washington

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Nevada. 2018: 2 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 75 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Washington in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Nevada, 89 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2014

Signed with Washington3-star out of American Canyon

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#779 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2016

Brian Polian

Nevada

2017–2018

Jay Norvell

Nevada

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Brian Polian → Jay Norvell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Washington7-6HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

2016Washington12-2HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

2017Washington10-3HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

2018Nevada8-5HC: Jay Norvell · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (99th percentile). Strength: passes defended (92nd percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#30 / 2662 · 99th pct

Passes defended#176 / 2662 · 92nd pct

Tackles#221 / 2662 · 92nd pct

Interceptions#130 / 805 · 72nd pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2234 / 2662 · 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

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.9	0.0	0.0	0.7
Road6g	5.7	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	6.2	0.0	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Choate

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Nevada	75	63	0.0	0.0	6	2	--
2017	Washington	13	11	0.0	0.0	--	1	--
2016	Washington	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	1
2015	Washington	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		89	74	0.0	0.0	6	3	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 72–19

vs Portland State

1 NO · 23 YDS · 23 AVG

Dominant 53-point win at home against Portland State.

With T. Gangi — 342 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · 23 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · J. Kincaide — 43 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week