The brunt of the offseason is in the books and training camp is still off on the horizon. Join us in the NFL’s dead zone with a player-by-player review of the Jaguars roster ahead of the 2023 season.
Some mock drafters thought Antonio Johnson had a chance at being a first-round pick in April. Most expected him to come off the board in the second day. A slide to the fifth round was a shock.
While that weekend didn’t go exactly as planned for Johnson, his tumble down the draft order worked out well for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
For the small cost of a late-round draft pick, the Jaguars got a two-time All-SEC defender that many pundits believe will be an instant contributor as a rookie.
A full-time role at safety seems unlikely with Rayshawn Jenkins and Andre Cisco holding down the starting spots, but Johnson’s versatility and skills in the slot could prove useful.
Contract (2023): $750,000 base salary, $75,458 prorated signing bonus, $825,458 cap hit.
Acquired: Jaguars drafted Johnson with the No. 160 overall pick in the fifth round of the 2023 NFL draft.
- 81.6 (2022 – TAMU)
- 87.4 (2021 – TAMU)
- 62.6 (2020 – TAMU)
Statistics:
- One sack, three forced fumbles, four tackles for loss, 71 tackles (2022)
- One interception, one sack, one forced fumble, 8.5 tackles for loss, 79 tackles (2021)
- 0.5 tackles for loss, 14 tackles (2020)
Highlight:
💥 S Antonio Johnson is an atypical Safety !
Tall for the position with good length.
Has a good run support with nice instincts. His tackling radius is huge and he could be really good as a nickel in NFL.IMO he is not versatile.
Lacks of playmaking ability and IQ.R2 talent ! pic.twitter.com/2ktlPqaLBH
— Valentin (@ScoutValentin) March 2, 2023
Quote: “For sure it put a chip on my shoulder. I just feel like it put that much hunger into me. God works in mysterious ways, and this is how it happened. I’m blessed to be here and I’m going to go out here and prove myself now.” – Johnson on draft slide
| Calvin Ridley (No. 0) | Travis Etienne Jr. (No. 1) | Rayshawn Jenkins (No. 2) | C.J. Beathard (No. 3) | Tank Bigsby (No. 4) | Andre Cisco (No. 5) |
| Chris Claybrooks (No. 6) | Zay Jones (No. 7) | Logan Cooke (No. 9) | Parker Washington (No. 11) | James McCourt (No. 12) | Christian Kirk (No. 13) |
| Kendric Pryor (No. 14) | Tim Jones (No. 15) | Trevor Lawrence (No. 16) | Evan Engram (No. 17) | Nathan Rourke (No. 18) | Sammis Reyes (No. 19) |
| Daniel Thomas (No. 20) | Latavious Brini (No. 21) | JaMycal Hasty (No. 22) | Foyesade Oluokun (No. 23) | Snoop Conner (No. 24) | D’Ernest Johnson (No. 25) |
| Antonio Johnson (No. 26) | Divaad Wilson (No. 27) | Tevaughn Campbell (No. 29) | Montaric Brown (No. 30) | Darious Williams (No. 31) | Tyson Campbell (No. 32) |
| Devin Lloyd (No. 33) | Gregory Junior (No. 34) | Ayo Oyelola (No. 35) | Christian Braswell (No. 36) | Tre Herndon (No. 37) | Qadree Ollison (No. 38) |
| Jamal Agnew (No. 39) | Erick Hallett (No. 40) | Josh Allen (No. 41) | Andrew Wingard (No. 42) | Kaleb Hayes (No. 43) | Derek Parish (No. 43) |
| Travon Walker (No. 44) | K’Lavon Chaisson (No. 45) | Ross Matiscik (No. 46) | De’Shaan Dixon (No. 47) | Chad Muma (No. 48) | Leonard Taylor (No. 49) |
| Shaquille Quarterman (No. 50) | Ventrell Miller (No. 51) | DaVon Hamilton (No. 52) | Willie Taylor III (No. 53) | DJ Coleman (No. 54) | Dequan Jackson (No. 55) |
| Yasir Abdullah (No. 56) | Caleb Johnson (No. 57) | Raymond Vohasek (No. 59) | Darryl Williams (No. 60) | Samuel Jackson (No. 62) | Coy Cronk (No. 64) |
| Chandler Brewer (No. 67) | Brandon Scherff (No. 68) | Tyler Shatley (No. 69) | Cole Van Lanen (No. 70) | Walker Little (No. 72) | Blake Hance (No. 73) |
| Cam Robinson (No. 74) | Cooper Hodges (No. 75) | Anton Harrison (No. 76) | Josh Wells (No. 77) | Ben Bartch (No. 78) | Luke Fortner (No. 79) |
| Kevin Austin Jr. (No. 80) | Seth Williams (No. 81) | Elijah Cooks (No. 84) | Brenton Strange (No. 85) | Gerrit Prince (No. 86) | Jaray Jenkins (No. 87) |
| Oliver Martin (No. 88) | Luke Farrell (No. 89) | Henry Mondeaux (No. 90) | Jordan Smith (No. 92) | Tyler Lacy (No. 93) | Folorunso Fatukasi (No. 94) |
| Roy Robertson-Harris (No. 95) | Adam Gotsis (No. 96) | Nick Thurman (No. 97) | Michael Dogbe (No. 98) | Jeremiah Ledbetter (No. 99) | Brandon McManus |
| Jacob Harris |
