Emany Johnson

Senior defensive back for Nevada. 2023: 3 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 90 tackles.

DB · Nevada · Sr. · #5

6′2″ · 216 lb · Hercules, CA

CFB Index 86 · #18 of 538 safetiesLow confidenceAll-ConferenceNevada 2023 alumnus

The story

4 defensive back for Nevada. 2023: 3 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 90 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Nevada, 187 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202311 games

All-Mountain West

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

Nevada

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST

All-Mountain West mention (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019–2020

Jay Norvell

Nevada

2021

Vai Taua

Nevada

era →

2022–2023

Ken Wilson

Nevada

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jay Norvell, Vai Taua, and Ken Wilson. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Nevada7-6HC: Jay Norvell · Balanced

2020Nevada7-2HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021Nevada8-5HC: Vai Taua · Pass-heavy

2022Nevada2-10HC: Ken Wilson · Balanced

2023Nevada2-10HC: Ken Wilson · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

86All-Conference level #18 of 538?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (100th percentile). Strength: tackles (97th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#14 / 2842 · 100th pct

Tackles#79 / 2842 · 97th pct

Interceptions#57 / 827 · 88th pct

Passes defended#512 / 2842 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#1231 / 2842 · 54th pct

2.5

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

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
Home5g	9.4	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road6g	7.2	0.4	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	7.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	9.2	0.2	0.0	0.5

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 · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

86 · #18 of 538 safeties

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Nevada	90	67	2.5	3	3	--
2022	Nevada	19	15	1.0	2	--	--
2021	Nevada	18	12	0.0	1	--	--
2020	Nevada	30	18	0.0	1	--	--
2019	Nevada	30	20	1.0	1	--	--
Career		187	132	4.5	8	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2023

W 6–0

at San Diego State

9 TOT · 7 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With M. Freem — 34 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG · B. Lewis — 98 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 25.9 · 40 rush yds (13 car)

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 14-66@ USC	4	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 6-33vs Idaho	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 24-35@ Texas State	7	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 9-27@ Fresno State	8	5	0.0	2	0
Wk 7	L 27-45vs UNLV	12	9	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 6-0@ San Diego State	9	7	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 34-24vs New Mexico	10	7	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 14-27vs Hawai'i	8	8	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 24-41@ Utah State	6	5	0.5	1	2
Wk 12	L 20-30@ Colorado State	9	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 6-42vs Wyoming	13	10	0.0	—	1	Season-high 13 tackles
Total		90	67	2.5	3	3

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

Emany Johnson

202311 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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