Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2005-2023Akron
Ryan Johnson
DL • 6'2" • 255 lbs • Starkville, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ryan Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2005 Regular Season · Akron
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Akron
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State
Player Story
Ryan Johnson built his college career from 2005 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Starkville, MS wearing No. 4, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Ryan Johnson's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Akron
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Ryan Johnson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2005 Regular Season · Akron. Ryan Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 41
- TFL
- 4.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Ryan Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Akron · DL
- Career Tackles
- 41
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2005 Regular Season · Akron
- Top game
- Ohio State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Dutch Fork · Akron
- High school pipeline
- Dutch Fork · 20 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 2 tackles · DL 870th (top 88%) · Mid-American 397th (top 75%) · National 4,464th (top 75%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Regular Season | Akron | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Akron | 9 | 13 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 34.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Akron | 11 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.5 |
Related Context
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Ryan Johnson played DL for Akron. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ryan Johnson recorded -2 rushing yards and 41 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Akron.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2005 Regular Season
Akron paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Akron
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
8.3
Usage
2.3
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Kentucky
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All Games0 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kentucky
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/16 | @ Kentucky | L 3-35 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Ryan Johnson story
Ryan Johnson built his college career from 2005 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Starkville, MS wearing No. 4, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Ryan Johnson's career was his defensive production: 41 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Ryan Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Akron
2005-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2005202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Akron | 4.5 | 11 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Akron | 6 | 15.3 | 4.6 | 1.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | 8.3 | 2.3 | -6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Ohio State
Week 4 · L 7-59
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Liberty
Week 4 · L 12-21
2
Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Bowling Green
Week 6 · W 35-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Kent State
Week 8 · L 27-33 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Bowling Green
Week 5 · L 28-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
52.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2005 Regular Season · Akron
0 primary output · 0 efficiency · — usage
50
#2
2023 Regular Season · Akron
42.5
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 2.3 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Akron
42.3
6 primary · 15.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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