2025 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Jayden Johnson, S, Arkansas

Player Data

Name, Jersey #	Jayden Johnson, #8
School (Code)	University of Arkansas (ARUN)
DOB, Class Yr	07/22/2003 – Senior
Height, Weight	6015E, 206E
40 Yd Dash	4.50-4.68E
Position/Depth	SS
Honors/Captainship	none
Season Viewed (yr)	2023
Games Watched	2023 LSU, 2023 Alabama, 2023 Ole Miss, 2023 Missouri
Scout Name / Date	Justin Apodaca, 8/14/24

Per Year Stats (Most Recent First)

2023	623 snaps, 65 tackles, 1 INT, 1 FF, 1 Pressure
2022	497 snaps, 34 tackles, 1 sack, 2 QB hit, 7 pressure
2021	278 snaps, 25 tackles, 1 pressure

Player Summary:
Two-year starter with good height and solid weight with a slim, toned torso and extremities. Good overall athlete with very good foot speed and acceleration, good foot quickness, fluidity, lateral agility with solid COD and balance. Good range as C1/C3 MFC player. Uses very good foot speed, very good acceleration, and good pedal posture to match routes entering the zone. Adequate processing to pass off receivers exiting zone, overextending coverage path & abandoning zone responsibility with solid COD to pick up WR entering zone. Adequate in man with cushion with adequate processing of receiver stem & receiver break point, having to rely on recovery foot speed and acceleration to mirror receivers. Similarly, adequate processing of initial break point and stem manipulation from all WR types, allowing for separation from solid route runners & double-move routes. Solid ball skills with face towards QB using good body strength and physicality at the catch point with solid timing to swat. Uses very good foot speed and good body control to recover and crash towards the catch point despite coverage shortfalls. Marginal run support with an adequate willingness to enter the run fit, marginal processing of run/pass play alongside an adequate understanding of run fit responsibility leading to marginal angles and run support. Adequate tackler overall. Good wrap form and strength to bring down shifty RBs. Marginal tackling angles, relying on foot speed and COD to recover and bring down the ball carrier. Good sift through traffic using good fluidity and lateral agility to get into clean space.

Scheme Fit:
C1/C3 safety that wins with his range and athleticism with minimal run game responsibility.

Power Statement:
Two year starter with good height and solid weight that is a good athlete with processing shortfalls in man and zone responsibilities as middle-field safety. Physical player at the catch point, relying on foot speed and body control to recover. Good tackling form with marginal angles and adequate willingness at POA. Needs to have an increase in defensive effectiveness this fall to secure draft stock.