James-Michael Johnson in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Nevada, 2007–⁠11

James-Michael Johnson

Number
No. 52
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Fairfield, CA
Born
Aug 20, 1989, in Vallejo, California

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James-Michael Johnson played linebacker at Nevada (2007–⁠11). The Cleveland Browns took Johnson in round 4, No. 120 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Team titles: WAC champions, 2010

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2009Nevada1
2011Nevada1
On file (2009–⁠11)2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2007N110100––––
2008N1330184812.51.5111–
20091333255811.521501
20101451378882.50230
20111354461006.51.51311
On file16912629538.57.5––––

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Nevada52LB
2010Nevada52LB
2011Nevada52LB6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Nevada 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Dec 3vs.IdahoW 56–⁠31
2009 Nevada 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 21atNew Mexico StateW 63–⁠201

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2012 Senior Bowl (North team, won 23–⁠13).

DrillCombine 2012Combine or pro day 2012
Height6′1⅛″
Weight241 lb
Arm length32⅞″
Hand size9⅜″
40-yard dash4.68 s
10-yard split1.66 s
Vertical jump37″
Broad jump10′4″
Bench press23 reps
3-cone drill7.34 s
20-yard shuttle4.37 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 30 games with a stat; latest team: Miami Dolphins.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2012Cleveland Browns83500
2013Kansas City Chiefs71410
2014Kansas City Chiefs134600
2015Miami Dolphins2300
NFL career309810

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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