Jamar Johnson, the Indiana CB, sits at No. 123 on the consensus board across 23 public boards. The tier model reads him as a bust-risk — 2% elite, 4% starter.
Instincts
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Ascending defensive back offering coverage and positional versatility for today's brand of NFL football.”
Instincts
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “His combination of vision, field awareness and instincts usually have him in the right place at the right time.”
Physicality
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Johnson is willing as a tackler, but needs to clean up his technique and approach to bolster his run support for the next level.”
Production Context
NFL Network's Bucky Brooks: “Johnson is a fast riser with outstanding instincts and thump ability.”
Role and scheme fit
The archetype rules read him as a balanced-CB.
Sources · 4 · quotes 2
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- Lance Zierlein, NFL.com
- Bucky Brooks, NFL Network
- Lance Zierlein, nfl_com_zierlein
- Bucky Brooks, nflcom_bucky_brooks
“…Ascending defensive back offering coverage and positional versatility for today's brand of NFL football. Johnson offers enough field fluidity to cover the slot and showed off impressive instincts and ball skills to excite teams about his potential as a high safety. His combination of vision, field awareness and instincts usually have him in the right place at the right time. Johnson is willing as a tackler, but needs…”
“…Johnson is a fast riser with outstanding instincts and thump ability. He is an active playmaker near the line of scrimmage but also displays solid skills in coverage.…”
Sourced synthesis from 4 scouting sources, not original film. How these reports are written →