#12

Jon Johnson

Senior cornerback for New Mexico. 2025: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 54 tackles.

CB · New Mexico · Sr. · #12

5′11″ · 181 lb · Gardena, CA

CFB Index 51 · #178 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to New Mexico for 2026

How he plays

Gets targeted often and tackles in space.

Passes defended: 94th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

6 PBU · 54 tackles

Best game: 2 PBU, 5 tackles, vs San Diego State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for New Mexico. 2025: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 54 tackles.

His career, year by year

Jon Johnson

CB · New Mexico · Sr · #12

Gets targeted often and tackles in space. The receipt on tape: 10 tackles against UNLV, Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025New Mexico9-4HC: Jason Eck · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

51Rotational starter #178 of 364?

Low confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (89th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#144 / 2975 · 94th pct

Solo tackles#322 / 2975 · 89th pct

Tackles#500 / 2975 · 83rd pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th 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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.7
Road7g	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jason Eck

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #178 of 364 corners

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #6 of 15 Mountain West CBs

How the All-Mountain West estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	New Mexico	54	36	0.0	0.0	6	1	--
Career		54	36	0.0	0.0	6	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 32–22

vs Idaho State

1 SOLO · 2 TOT

With D. Bankston — 28 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · S. Humphrey — 141 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 17-34@ Michigan	3	3	—	0
Wk 2	W 32-22vs Idaho State	2	1	—	0
Wk 3	W 35-10@ UCLA	2	2	—	1
Wk 5	W 38-20vs New Mexico State	4	2	—	1
Wk 6	L 28-35@ San José State	6	5	—	0
Wk 7	L 25-41@ Boise State	5	4	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-22vs Nevada	3	3	—	0
Wk 9	W 33-14vs Utah State	2	0	—	1
Wk 10	W 40-35@ UNLV	10	4	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 12	W 20-17vs Colorado State	5	3	—	0
Wk 13	W 20-3@ Air Force	3	3	1	0
Wk 14	W 23-17vs San Diego State	5	3	—	2
Bowl	L 17-20@ Minnesota	4	3	—	1
Total		54	36	1	6

How he plays

Play style

Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

54Tackles

36Solo

0TFL

0Sacks

6Pass def.

1INT

54 tackles. 6 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 0 TFL.

Week 11 PD
Week 31 PD
Week 51 PD
Week 91 PD
Week 131 INT
Week 142 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

New Mexico

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · New Mexico

Returning around him

1 New Mexico player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +0 net (14 in / 14 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

New Mexico · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #112 · 2026 recruiting class #87

DNA match

Player DNA

Perimeter Tackler

Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to David Fisher’s 2025 season.

David Fisher

91%match

North Texas · 2025

All-AAC

Kaleno Levine

Troy · 2025

88%

Tayvonn Kyle

Virginia · 2023

84%

Jaylin Davies

UCLA · 2023

84%

Jacob Finley

Northern Illinois · 2025

83%

Matches David on

Class year

Height

Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Kaleno Levine's sophomore season at Troy (2025).

Kaleno Levine

94%match

Troy · 2025

Javon Scruggs

Liberty · 2021

91%

Jaylon Jones

Georgia State · 2021

NFL Rd 7

90%

Noah Pierre

Indiana · 2021

89%

Tre Avery

Rutgers · 2021

All-Big Ten

88%

Matches Kaleno on

Class year

Height

Interceptions

Player DNA

Players who play like Jon Johnson

David Fisher

North Texas · 2025

91%

Kaleno Levine

Troy · 2025

88%

Jacob Finley

Northern Illinois · 2025

83%

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