Jamaal Johnson
Northwestern Wildcats
91
Elite

Jamaal Johnson

Northwestern WildcatsContender
RDEDefenseEliteTRANSFER · UCF
Projected Starter

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Jamaal Johnson is the projected starter at RDE for Northwestern Wildcats.

Graduate student · #24 · 6'2", 250 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Northwestern Wildcats

  1. 12491Jamaal JohnsonStarter
  2. 2570Dominic Kirks
  3. 39670Jonah Hayes

Northwestern Starting Lineup

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Top defensive linemen in the Big Ten

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Up next for Northwestern

Northwestern plays Iowa at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Elite-Tier Talent

A 3-star recruit out of Chaminade-Madonna, ranked #967 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 24 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit3★ · #967 NatlTeam Share2%
Miami, FL
Jersey
#24
Class
GR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
250 lbs
Transfer
UCF

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—241.50

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8611
National Rank
#967
High School
Chaminade-Madonna
Hometown
Hollywood, FL

Why this rating?

On a 88-rated defense; 65th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.91 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
88
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 65% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 24% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.91)
Depth-chart adjustment
+4 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LORETKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-26

Oct 24WRUTGTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-14

Oct 17WMSUTKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 24-21

Oct 3WPSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-13

Sep 26LIUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 29-23

Sep 19WCOLOTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-7

Sep 6WSDSTTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-18

Jamaal Johnson's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

24 tkl · 1.5 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement25%
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