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Tao Johnson

Utah · Safety · 2023-25

TKL
153
INT
3
PD
13

Career totals · 3 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2023 to 2025, Johnson recorded 153 tackles and 6 tackles for loss. From 2024 to 2025, Johnson also had 3 interceptions.

In 17-0 that career earns a 67 overall, the 17th-highest safety rating at Utah since 1990 and No. 65 among all safeties of the 2025-Present era.

Season by Season

Tao Johnson season-by-season statistics at Utah
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
2023331.550
202470241
2025502.542
Total1536133

Seasons with tracked stats at Utah. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Rating by Era

  • 2020-2024 eraS67
  • 2025-Present eraS67

Utah Teammates

  1. 90Clark Phillips III2020-22CB
  2. 88Devin Lloyd2018-21LB
  3. 86Jonah Elliss2021-23EDGE
  4. 80Britain Covey2015-21WR
  5. 80John Henry Daley2024-25EDGE
  6. 80Sione Vaki2022-23S
  7. 75Dalton Kincaid2020-22TE
  8. 74Brant Kuithe2018-24TE
  9. 74Mika Tafua2018-21EDGE
  10. 74Jackson Bennee2024-25S

Full Utah all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2025-Present Era

  1. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  2. 90Ahmaad MosesSMU · 2022-25S
  3. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  4. 86Bishop FitzgeraldUSC · 2025S
  5. 83Michael TaaffeTexas · 2022-25S
  6. 83Jamel JohnsonTCU · 2023-25S
  7. 80Bray HubbardAlabama · 2023-25S
  8. 80Louis MooreIndiana · 2022-25S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big 12 players

Sources: Wikipedia and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.