Jamari Johnson
Jamari Johnson  CB  Oregon | NFL Draft 2027 Souting Report - Portrait Image
Jamari Johnson
Height
5-10
Weight
170
College
Oregon
Position
CB
Class
Freshman
Home town
Birmingham, AL
52.8
Player Rating
70
PositionRank (DB)
4.42
FortyYD Time
Interceptions
Interception YDS
Passes Defensed
Tackles
2
Sol tackles
1

Jamari Johnson CB Oregon |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report

Jersey: #15 ROLE: Outside Zone CB
Last Updated: 08/03/2026
Draft Year: 2027
FORTY time: 4.42 seconds (78%*)
Measurables:
Height: 5-10 (22%*) Weight: 170 (1%*)
Forty: 4.42 (O) (78%*)
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(C) - NFL Combine (P) - Pro Day (O) - Other (HS) -Estimated from High School Combine
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Jersey: #15
ROLE: Outside Zone CB
Last Updated: 08/03/2026
Draft Year: 2027
Forty time: 4.42 seconds (78%*)
Measurables:
0% 100%
Height: 5-10 (22%*) Weight: 170 (1%*)
Forty: 4.42 (O) (78%*)
(C) - NFL Combine (P) - Pro Day (O) - Other
(HS) -Estimated from High School Combine
For an explanation of how the (HS) data is calculated see this article
Overall Rating: 52.8 / 100
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Average rating of opposition Offense player has faced
Offense Rating:
79%
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Tackling:
22%
Run Defense:
43%
Coverage:
42%
Zone:
00%
Man/Press:
41%
DRAFT PROJECTION: UDFA
Overall Rank: #1300 Position rank: #70 (DB)
College Games: 2 College Snaps: 12
Grade: 3 ESPN  Stars 3 ESPN  Stars ESPN RATING: 73/100
Grade: 247 Sports 3  Stars 247 Sports 84 Stars 247 RATING: 84/100
Grade: 2 Stars 2 Stars RIVALS RATING: 5.4 (89%)
Player Comparison* (Similarity level)
Tre Avery - Rutgers
48%
Marlin Brooks - Ohio
32%
Mark Gilbert - Duke
28%
Draft Profile: Bio
A Pell City, Alabama, product, Johnson was a three-star cornerback and a consensus top-100 recruit in a deep Alabama class, choosing Cincinnati to begin his college career. At six feet with a lean, long frame, he brings the length and movement that drew Power Four interest out of high school.

Johnson saw limited action as a young defender in 2025, appearing in three games and making both of his tackles in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. The recruiting pedigree, the frame and the developmental tools are the story for now, a long, ascending cover man building toward a larger role with the traits to grow into a rotation corner as the snap count expands. The top-100 Alabama pedigree and the length give a coordinator a developmental project, and the Liberty Bowl reps offered an early glimpse of a corner whose tools outrun his snap count, with the traits worth the bet as experience builds.
Scouting Report: Strengths
  • Quick-enough timed speed and a frame with room to add weight
  • Young developmental clay with years of runway ahead
  • Carries the quickness to project a future cover role
  • Flashed the athletic base that drew a recruiting profile
Scouting Report: Weaknesses
  • True freshman with almost no production, two games of action
  • Worked only twelve snaps with a single tackle on the year
  • Very light at 170 pounds, a frame that must add mass
  • Cover and tacklings are poor on the tiny sample
  • His technique and reads are entirely unrefined at this stage
Scouting Report: Summary
Johnson is a long-term developmental project, a true freshman with good timed speed and a frame that has room to grow, whose 2025 amounted to two games and twelve snaps. The athletic base and the youth are the entire projection, the kind of raw clay a defensive-back room develops over years rather than a player with anything on film. He flashed the quickness that earned a recruiting profile, and that is the case at this stage.

The tape is what you would expect from a true freshman with twelve snaps: A single tackle, poor coverage and tacklings on the tiny sample, and technique and reads that are entirely unrefined. At 170 pounds he is very light and must add mass, and there is no body of work to lean on. This is a player graded on athletic traits and projection, not on anything he has shown at the college level.

The realistic view is a developmental cover corner whose timeline runs well beyond this cycle, a young athlete who needs years of coaching, weight, and snaps before the frame means anything. He has to build a game from the ground up, and his draft-eligibility timing is worth confirming given how early he is. He grades as a developmental, priority-free-agent profile built purely on upside.

How other scouting services rate Jamari Johnson (Overall Rank)

All Scouts AverageOverall Rank
72.5
All Scouts AveragePosition Rank
15.0
*Percentile Ranking in Player's Position Group (NFL Combine Historical Data): This percentile reflects how a player's specific statistics rank in comparison to historical performances at the NFL Combine, specifically within their position group. A higher percentile indicates a better performance. For instance, being in the 90th percentile for a particular stat means the player outperformed 90% of their peers in that category.

*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.