Player Dossier

2014-2017

Louisiana Tech

Cedric Johnson

DT • 6'2" • 312 lbs • Rowlett, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cedric Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

16

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

30

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Louisiana Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Louisiana Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA

Player Story

Cedric Johnson built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive tackle from Rowlett, TX wearing No. 91, spending time with Louisiana Tech. The clearest part of Cedric Johnson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8547

Rowlett · Rowlett, TX

Committed To
Louisiana Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Cedric Johnson, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Louisiana Tech. Cedric Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
30
TFL
4.5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Cedric Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisiana Tech · DT
Career Tackles
30
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 18 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Louisiana Tech
Top game
UTSA
Recruit profile
3-star · Rowlett · Louisiana Tech
High school pipeline
Lake Minneola · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 91 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
10 tackles · DT 157th (top 62%) · Conference USA 297th (top 49%) · National 2,676th (top 47%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonLouisiana Tech111-0--040.2
2016 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech11193.5211040.2
2017 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech71010--09.4

Related Context

Cedric Johnson played DT for Louisiana Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cedric Johnson recorded 30 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Louisiana Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Louisiana Tech paired 7.5 primary output with 14.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 7.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

7.4

Usage

1.4

Consistency

4.8

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northwestern State: 1. Mississippi State: 0. UAB: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Rice: 0. North Texas: 0. UTSA: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern State: 1 by 14.2. Mississippi State: 3 by 12.5. UAB: 1 by 4.2. Southern Miss: 2 by 8.3. Rice: 1 by 4.2. North Texas: 1 by 4.2. UTSA: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northwestern State

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Northwestern State

Result
Sun 11/26vs UTSAW 20-610000
Sat 11/4vs North TexasL 23-2411000
Sat 10/28@ RiceW 42-2811000
Sat 10/21vs Southern MissL 27-3421000
Sat 10/7@ UABL 22-2311000
Sat 9/9vs Mississippi StateL 21-5732000
Sat 9/2vs Northwestern StateW 52-2411100

Player Story

Cedric Johnson story

Cedric Johnson built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive tackle from Rowlett, TX wearing No. 91, spending time with Louisiana Tech. The clearest part of Cedric Johnson's career was his defensive production: 30 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 18 career games in the available record. That gives Cedric Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Louisiana Tech

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech0
2015 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech00
2016 PostseasonLouisiana Tech7.514.44.17.5
2016 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech7.514.44.10
2017 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech17.41.4-6.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UTSA

Week 11 · W 63-35 · Conference game

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

76.9 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Florida International

Week 8 · W 44-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

63.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Western Kentucky

Week 14 · L 44-58 · 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.

#4

vs Northwestern State

Week 1 · W 52-24

1

Havoc Plays

48.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.9 takeover score.

#5

@ North Texas

Week 10 · W 45-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

47.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Louisiana Tech

7.5 primary output · 14.4 efficiency · 4.1 usage

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#2

2016 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

40.2

7.5 primary · 14.4 efficiency · 4.1 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

9.4

1 primary · 7.4 efficiency · 1.4 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games