Career
2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Cincinnati#55 · 4-2 | 1 | 0% |
| 2024 | Cincinnati#70 · 5-7 | 1 | 1% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Zay Johnson's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Zay Johnson's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Defense | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 |  Boston College | W 34–15 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 2 |  Western Carolina | W 62–10 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 3 |  Miami (OH) | W 35–31 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 4 |  Kansas State | W 31–26 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 5 | @ Arizona | L 7–34 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 7 | @ West Virginia | L 42–45 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 2026 · 1 game | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4239th / 5406 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Opp. plays | Est. snaps | Plays made | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 · Western Carolina | 57 | ~2 (0–6) | 1 | 4% |
| Season | 420 | 2 (0–6) | 1 | 0% |
Position Room
17 DBs on the Cincinnati roster, ordered by tkl
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Jasper Beeler | S | SR | 42 | 2.5 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 2 | MJ Cannon | S | SR | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | Jacob Finley | CB | SR | 28 | 0.5 | 0 | — | 4 |
| Kenny Worthy III | CB | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14 | KK Meier | CB | SR | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 30 | D'Angelo Hutchinson | S | SR | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 6 | Zay Johnson | CB | JR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 19 | CJ Jones | S | SO | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 20 | CJ Crite | S | SO | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Daniel James | CB | JR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 7 | Ty Goodwill | S | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Jamarion McKinney | CB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Markell Taylor | S | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Kameron Hurst | CB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Landen Schaefer | S | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 46 | Xavier Starks | S | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patrick Williams | CB | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes —+ plays per team game. Cincinnati depth chart →