Last confirmed: Iowa, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · Lombard, IL · Montini Catholic
Jaleel Johnson: DL · Iowa · #67.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jaleel Johnson
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. On tape: 9 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Michigan, Week 11, 2016.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
55 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11 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.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Iowa | 55 | 30 | 11.0 | 7.5 | 2 |
| Career | 55 | 30 | 11.0 | 7.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-21vs Miami (OH) | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-3vs Iowa State | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-23vs North Dakota State | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 14-7@ Rutgers | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 31-38vs Northwestern | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 14-7@ Minnesota | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 49-35@ Purdue | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 9-17vs No. 10 Wisconsin | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 10 | L 14-41@ No. 20 Penn State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 14-13vs No. 2 Michigan | 9 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 28-0@ Illinois | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 40-10vs No. 17 Nebraska | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 3-30vs No. 20 Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 55 | 30 | 11.0 | 7.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%11 TFLSack rate
14%8 sacksHurry rate
9%5 hurries55 tackles · 11 for loss · 7.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Pass share
38.7%
310 pass / 492 run
Plays / game
61.7
13 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
342 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2016
55 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Iowa, 8 sacks — drafted at #109 overall by the Minnesota Vikings.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kirk Ferentz.
Where he ended up · NFL
Minnesota VikingsEntering 10th NFL season
Minnesota VikingsEntering 10th NFL season
