Senior defensive back on Michigan's 2024 roster.
6′1″ · 180 lb · Houston, TX
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.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 1935 nationally · Signed with UNLV
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Michigan's roster.
Ricky Johnson
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Four seasons at Michigan, two different head coaches: Marcus Arroyo and Barry Odom. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles, 1 TFL against Kansas, Bowl, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at UNLV, 75 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Jim Harbaugh.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th 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
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kyle Whittingham
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #219 at the position.
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 40-37vs Vanderbilt | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 | |
| Wk 8 | W 25-23vs Colorado State | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-31@ Fresno State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 56-14@ New Mexico | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-14vs Wyoming | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-27@ Air Force | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-37vs San José State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 20-44vs Boise State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 36-49vs Kansas | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 24 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 7 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 7 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Cameron Lockridge’s 2021 season.
Matches Cameron on
Differs from Cameron on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to D'Arco Perkins-McAllister's senior season at UL Monroe (2025).
Matches D'Arco on
Player DNA