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Nolan Johnson

Senior cornerback for Old Dominion. 2023: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 38 tackles.

CB · Old Dominion · Sr. · #17

6′2″ · 200 lb · High Point, NC

CFB Index 50 · #169 of 339 cornersLow confidenceOld Dominion 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1513 nationally · Signed with East Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for Old Dominion. 2023: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 38 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to East Carolina in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Old Dominion, 126 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20188 games

Signed with East Carolina3-star out of Southwest Guilford

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1513 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

2 coaches

2018–2019

Bobby Wilder

Old Dominion

2021–2023

Ricky Rahne

Old Dominion

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bobby Wilder → Ricky Rahne. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018East Carolina3-9HC: Scottie Montgomery · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2019East Carolina4-8HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

2020East Carolina3-6HC: Mike Houston · Run-leaning

2021East Carolina7-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Miami (OH)6-7HC: Chuck Martin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Old Dominion6-7HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

50Rotational starter #169 of 339?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (93rd percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#158 / 2842 · 93rd pct

Tackles#944 / 2842 · 66th pct

Solo tackles#992 / 2842 · 64th pct

QB hurries#902 / 2842 · 58th pct

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2235 / 2842 · 18th pct

0.5

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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.1	0.0	0.0	0.4
Road4g	2.2	0.1	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	0.1	0.0	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ricky Rahne

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #169 of 339 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #169 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Old Dominion	38	21	0.5	0.0	6	1	--
2022	Miami (OH)	17	14	2.0	1.0	3	--	--
2021	East Carolina	9	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	East Carolina	31	24	0.0	0.0	2	--	--
2019	East Carolina	8	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2018	East Carolina	23	7	0.5	0.0	1	--	--
Career		126	75	3.0	1.0	12	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2023

W 10–9

vs East Texas A&M

5 TOT · 4 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.

With J. Shields — 258 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 13.2 · -24 rush yds (11 car) · K. Williams — 8 rec · 197 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 17-36@ Virginia Tech	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 38-31vs Louisiana	5	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 24-27vs Wake Forest	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 10-9vs East Texas A&M	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 28-21vs App State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 27-30@ James Madison	6	3	0.5	—	2	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 10	L 24-28vs Coastal Carolina	4	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 11	L 10-38@ Liberty	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 20-17@ Georgia Southern	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 25-24vs Georgia State	5	5	0.0	1	1
Bowl	L 35-38vs Western Kentucky	4	3	0.0	—	0
Total		38	21	0.5	1	6

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

Nolan Johnson

20188 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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