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C.J. Gardner-Johnson coverage stats

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2026 season to date

3 games · 7 targets (small sample: weight lightly)

Completion % allowed: 43%; Est. 58.8% C
Yards per target: 9.3; Est. 7.5 noise
Passer rating allowed: 36.9
aDOT allowed: 16.1; air yards per target
TD / INT: 0 / 1
YAC allowed: 9; 4 missed tackles

Bars: yards allowed per game. Under each bar: completions/targets.

C.J. Gardner-Johnson coverage by week, 2026
Week	Opp	Tgt	Cmp	Yds	INT	Rating
1	HOU	2	1	37	0	95.8
2	DET	0	0	0	0	–
3	LAC	5	2	28	1	19.2

2025 season

12 games · 63 targets · est. completion % rank 160 of 196 corners (1 = stingiest): beatable

Completion % allowed: 68%; Est. 64.4% C
Yards per target: 7.3; Est. 7.4 noise
Passer rating allowed: 92.0
aDOT allowed: 7.1; air yards per target
TD / INT: 3 / 2
YAC allowed: 205; 10 missed tackles

Bars: yards allowed per game. Under each bar: completions/targets.

C.J. Gardner-Johnson coverage by week, 2025
Week	Opp	Tgt	Cmp	Yds	TD	INT	Rating
1	LAR	4	4	74	0	0	118.7
2	TB	4	3	24	0	0	89.6
3	JAX	4	1	1	0	0	39.6
9	CIN	5	3	16	1	0	105
10	NYG	4	3	16	0	0	81.2
11	MIN	2	1	-3	0	0	56.2
12	PIT	1	1	5	0	0	87.5
14	GB	9	8	97	1	1	109
15	CLE	7	3	11	0	1	10.7
16	GB	4	2	40	1	0	125
17	SF	11	8	85	0	0	94.9
18	DET	8	6	93	0	0	113

How this works

Coverage is charted by PFR per target and published by nflverse 1–3 days after games. Estimates shrink toward the league corner average; in our 2023–25 tests yards per target allowed did not hold up from one half of a season to the other, so read it as what happened, not what will.

Charting data: FTN Data via nflverse, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; our derived charting figures are shared under the same licence. Coverage allowed by defender: Pro Football Reference via nflverse. Coverage type (man/zone, shells): nflverse participation data. Play-by-play: nflverse.

Sources: Pro Football Reference via nflverse