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.
Former Utah Football Head Coach Urban Meyer inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.Former Utah Football Head Coach Urban Meyer inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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