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C.J. Gardner-Johnson

Regular season defense, 2019 through 2025.

Position
S
Team
CHI
Seasons
2019-2025
Games
87

Deployment profile

Coverage outcomes do not repeat: passer rating allowed carries almost no year-to-year signal and none through a team change. What persists is deployment. How often quarterbacks test a defender, how deep, and in what coverage family are stable facts about his role, and tackling is the one rate skill that travels. This panel describes usage and grades nothing.

2.02.53.03.54.04.55.05.07.510.012.515.0TESTED OFTEN ↑← UNDERNEATH ROLEDOWNFIELD ROLE →Harrison Smith: 2.5 targets/gm at 8.3 aDOT facedChuck Clark: 2.4 targets/gm at 7.9 aDOT facedXavier Woods: 3.2 targets/gm at 9.1 aDOT facedBudda Baker: 3.8 targets/gm at 8.6 aDOT facedJustin Reid: 2.7 targets/gm at 5.8 aDOT facedJeremy Reaves: 2.4 targets/gm at 7.0 aDOT facedJessie Bates: 2.8 targets/gm at 10.6 aDOT facedMinkah Fitzpatrick: 3.1 targets/gm at 7.9 aDOT facedDerwin James: 3.6 targets/gm at 5.1 aDOT facedC.J. Gardner-Johnson: 5.1 targets/gm at 7.2 aDOT facedDonovan Wilson: 2.3 targets/gm at 9.2 aDOT facedAndrew Wingard: 3.9 targets/gm at 11.0 aDOT facedAmani Hooker: 3.8 targets/gm at 11.5 aDOT facedNick Scott: 3.3 targets/gm at 14.3 aDOT facedJalen Thompson: 4.1 targets/gm at 11.0 aDOT facedGeno Stone: 3.1 targets/gm at 10.2 aDOT facedBrandon Jones: 3.3 targets/gm at 9.7 aDOT facedKyle Dugger: 2.3 targets/gm at 8.9 aDOT facedGrant Delpit: 3.4 targets/gm at 5.6 aDOT facedJeremy Chinn: 3.5 targets/gm at 4.8 aDOT facedJaylinn Hawkins: 2.3 targets/gm at 13.1 aDOT facedAshtyn Davis: 3.2 targets/gm at 10.6 aDOT facedJosh Metellus: 3.4 targets/gm at 8.5 aDOT facedKam Curl: 3.8 targets/gm at 9.2 aDOT facedAlohi Gilman: 3.2 targets/gm at 9.9 aDOT facedXavier McKinney: 2.5 targets/gm at 12.2 aDOT facedAntoine Winfield Jr.: 3.4 targets/gm at 12.1 aDOT facedTalanoa Hufanga: 3.4 targets/gm at 8.8 aDOT facedCamryn Bynum: 2.4 targets/gm at 11.1 aDOT facedTre'von Moehrig: 3.5 targets/gm at 4.1 aDOT facedJevon Holland: 2.7 targets/gm at 11.0 aDOT facedReed Blankenship: 2.4 targets/gm at 11.3 aDOT facedBryan Cook: 3.3 targets/gm at 9.3 aDOT facedJalen Pitre: 4.2 targets/gm at 5.7 aDOT facedIsaiah Pola-Mao: 3.4 targets/gm at 12.3 aDOT facedNick Cross: 4.4 targets/gm at 9.3 aDOT facedQuentin Lake: 4.7 targets/gm at 7.9 aDOT facedKyle Hamilton: 3.6 targets/gm at 5.3 aDOT facedDane Belton: 2.4 targets/gm at 9.1 aDOT facedCoby Bryant: 2.6 targets/gm at 10.8 aDOT facedJi'Ayir Brown: 2.7 targets/gm at 9.5 aDOT facedJordan Battle: 3.1 targets/gm at 11.5 aDOT facedAntonio Johnson: 2.9 targets/gm at 8.6 aDOT facedRonnie Hickman Jr.: 2.8 targets/gm at 8.0 aDOT facedTy Okada: 3.0 targets/gm at 8.4 aDOT facedQuan Martin: 2.8 targets/gm at 11.8 aDOT facedMalik Mustapha: 2.8 targets/gm at 13.2 aDOT facedJaylen McCollough: 2.8 targets/gm at 5.1 aDOT facedEvan Williams: 2.8 targets/gm at 11.4 aDOT facedKamren Kinchens: 2.5 targets/gm at 8.0 aDOT facedCalen Bullock: 3.8 targets/gm at 14.4 aDOT facedTykee Smith: 3.3 targets/gm at 10.0 aDOT facedTyler Nubin: 2.8 targets/gm at 4.1 aDOT facedJavon Bullard: 3.5 targets/gm at 4.1 aDOT facedCole Bishop: 2.7 targets/gm at 11.4 aDOT facedXavier Watts: 3.3 targets/gm at 14.5 aDOT facedMarques Sigle: 2.3 targets/gm at 11.6 aDOT facedJonas Sanker: 2.1 targets/gm at 15.9 aDOT facedMalaki Starks: 2.7 targets/gm at 13.6 aDOT facedCraig Woodson: 2.6 targets/gm at 11.6 aDOT facedNick Emmanwori: 4.7 targets/gm at 5.1 aDOT faced2021: 5.1 targets/gm at 8.4 aDOT faced2022: 4.3 targets/gm at 11.0 aDOT faced2024: 2.3 targets/gm at 8.4 aDOT faced2025: 5.1 targets/gm at 7.2 aDOT faced2021C.J. Gardner-Johnson ’25Average depth of target facedTargets per game
Every qualifying 2025 safeties season in gray; C.J. Gardner-Johnson's path from 2021 to 2025 in mint. Up means tested often, right means a downfield role.

Targets per game

5.1

The avoidance axis. How often quarterbacks test him is the most persistent number on this page.

Track spans the middle 90% of 61 qualifying seasons; the notch is the median.

Depth of target faced

7.2

The role axis. Boundary press lives deep, slot and underneath roles live shallow.

Track spans the middle 90% of 61 qualifying seasons; the notch is the median.

Man-coverage share

38%

Share of labeled snaps in man. Compare within a season only; the charting source changed in 2023.

Track spans the middle 90% of 61 qualifying seasons; the notch is the median.

Missed tackle rate

13%

The one coverage-position rate skill that repeats and travels. Lower is better.

Track spans the middle 90% of 61 qualifying seasons; the notch is the median.

Man-coverage share by season

2021

37%

S median 30%

2022

30%

S median 28%

2024

63%

S median 51%

2025

38%

S median 29%

Outcomes: context, not skill

These are the columns coverage discourse ranks defenders by. None of them repeats year to year at any useful strength, so they are shown for honesty and never scored.

SeasonTargetsYds/targetComp% allowedRating allowedINTsPBU rateTackles/gm
2025667.167%89.826%3.5
2024378.462%89.0632%2.2
2022528.673%78.4615%5.1
2021616.664%67.7311%2.7

Career, season by season

Regular season defensive box score. Tackle counts track playing time more than quality; treat them as volume.

SeasonGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB hitsINTsPBUsFF
2025136653.006241
2024165920.0006121
202331700.000130
2022126741.002680
2021124642.004370
2020156651.0041130
2019164960.004181

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