Buffalo Bills · SAF (DB) · 6 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Florida (2019 Round 4, Pick 105)

C.J. Gardner-Johnson

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54.5

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #101 of 218 qualified DBs

Combined tackles: 2617 solo · 9 ast
Sacks & QB hits: 00 QB hits
Tackles for loss: 00 forced fumbles
Coverage: 2 PD · 1 INTPasses defended & picks
Defensive snaps: 39465.7 snaps/G
Team def. EPA / play: +0.212Schedule-adjusted · What is EPA?

C.J. Gardner-Johnson among the 218 qualified defensive backs: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Lake94.1
Hooker92.2
Williams91.1
Robertson89.2
Battle88.4
Reed87.6
Lassiter86.2
Jones85.2
Parrish84.6
Gardner-Johnson#10154.5

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 218 qualified DBs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Defensive snaps per game, regressed30% weight · Raw 0.96 → Shrunk 54.08

81thpercentile

Coverage disruptions per game16% weight · Raw 0.01 → Shrunk 0.39

38thpercentile

Weighted defensive disruption per game22% weight · Raw 0.08 → Shrunk 5.09

51thpercentile

Coverage disruption rate, regressed9% weight · Raw 1.1% → Shrunk 1.0%

28thpercentile

Solo tackle rate, regressed9% weight · Raw 4.2% → Shrunk 3.9%

53thpercentile

Combined tackle rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 6.4% → Shrunk 6.3%

52thpercentile

Schedule-adjusted team defensive EPA / play, regressed4% weight · Raw +0.212 → Shrunk +0.075

8thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for C.J. Gardner-Johnson. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Tackles	Solo	PD	INT	Def. snaps
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	@ HOU	W 36-31	8	6	0	0	79
Week 2	Sep 17, 2026	vs DET	W 41-31	1	1	0	0	65
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	vs LAC	W 24-16	5	3	2	1	68
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	vs NE	L 26-29	4	2	0	0	76
Week 5	Oct 12, 2026	@ LA	W 37-34	7	4	0	0	78
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	@ LV	W 33-30	1	1	0	0	28

College to the NFL: Florida to Buffalo Bills

Verified identity bridge linking C.J. Gardner-Johnson's college regular-season tackles at Florida to official NFL game lines.

Florida (College tackles)

302016

582017

662018

105105th pick
2019 Draft

BUF (NFL tackles)

492019

662020

452021

612022

162023

552024

652025

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 8 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Tackles	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	QBH	PD	INT	FF	Def. snaps
2019	NO	16	49	38	11	0	6	4	8	1	1	546
2020	NO	15	66	52	14	1	5	4	13	1	0	861
2021	NO	12	45	31	14	2	4	4	7	3	0	626
2022	PHI	12	61	55	6	1	4	2	8	6	0	729
2023	DET	3	16	15	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	187
2024	PHI	16	55	31	24	0	2	0	12	6	1	908
2025	HOU/CHI	13	65	45	20	3	5	6	4	2	1	767
2026 (so far)	BUF	6	26	17	9	0	0	0	2	1	0	394

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