Second-round NFL Draft choice (50th overall) by Chicago on April 24, 2020.
UTAH: 2019 All-American … two-time first-team All-Pac-12 cornerback (2018-19) … played in 38 career games with 29 starts … seven career interceptions and 28 career passes defended … 21 career pass breakups ranked tied for 10th all-time at Utah … two-time Pac-12 All-Academic.
2019: Earned second-team All-America honors from Walter Camp and the AP … also earned second-team All-America honors from Sports Illustrated and USA Today and third-team honors from Pro Football Focus and Phil Steele … first-team All-Pac-12 … started 13 games at left corner, missing the bowl game after declaring for the NFL Draft … ranked third in the Pac-12 and led Utah with 11 pass breakups … fourth in the league in passes defended (13) and passes defended per game (1.00) … two interceptions … 36 tackles (1.0 TFL) … tied career high with eight tackles (1.0 TFL) and had two pass breakups against Oregon State … an interception and two pass breakups vs. Washington State … five tackles with a pass breakup vs. Colorado … four tackles and a pass breakup against BYU … three tackles vs. Washington and returned an interception 39 for his second career touchdown … first-team CoSIDA Academic All-District … Pac-12 All-Academic. 2018–First-team All-Pac-12 … started all 14 games at corner … four interceptions led Utah and tied for third in the Pac-12 … second in the Pac-12 and eighth in the nation with 126 interception return yards … four pass breakups … 41 tackles (2.0 TFL, 1.0 sack) … career-high eight tackles (1.0 TFL) and a pass breakup against Northern Illinois … named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week after returning an interception 100 yards for a touchdown against Stanford for just the third 100-yard interception return in Utah’s history … also had seven tackles vs. the Cardinal … five tackles and an interception against Arizona State … an interception and three tackles against USC … an interception with a 21-yard return and two tackles vs. Colorado … two pass breakups vs. Washington in the Pac-12 Championship game … first-team Pac-12 All-Academic. 2017–Played in all 12 regular season games with two starts (Arizona, Washington) … missed the bowl game following surgery … tied for the team lead with six pass breakups and second on the team in passes defended (7) … 25 tackles … season-high six tackles vs. Washington State and Washington … four tackles and a pass breakup against Arizona State … three tackles against Arizona … one interception, two pass breakups and a tackle against BYU.
HIGH SCHOOL: Named to the US Army All-American Bowl … sixth-ranked cornerback in the 2017 recruiting class by Rivals.com and eighth by Scout … four-star recruit by both Rivals and Scout … 2016 first-team USA Today All-USA California Football Team … All-Tri-River Conference … 2016 Central HS Fall Male Athlete of the Year … team captain … ran a laser-timed 4.47 40-yard dash and recorded a 38’3” vertical jump at The Opening Finals camp … also lettered three years in basketball … honor roll.
PERSONAL: Son of John and Carmella Johnson both parents are Fresno State graduates … two brothers and one sister … brother John played for UCLA … business major received his degree in December 2019 … full name is Jaylon Lawrence Johnson.