had a promising end to a challenging 2015 season.
The second-year cornerback started the final two games for the San Francisco 49ers and finished the season with 32 tackles and five passes defended. Johnson’s late-season success came at the end of a year where the corner rarely had a defined role among a deep group of defensive backs.
There would be games where Johnson held integral responsibility in the team’s sub packages as a nickel and dime defender. Other times, like a Week 7 home game against the Seattle Seahawks, Johnson did not play a defensive snap.