Player Dossier

2023-2025

Samford

Jacob Johnson

LB • 6'2" • 200 lbs • Covington, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jacob Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

56

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Samford

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Southern Miss • Samford
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M

Jacob Johnson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Samford. Jacob Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
2

Quick Answers

Jacob Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Samford · LB
Career Tackles
2
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 4 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Samford
Top game
Texas A&M
High school pipeline
St Pauls School · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 48 · Sophomore

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss22-0--036.8
2025 Regular SeasonSamford20-0--060.4

Related Context

Jacob Johnson played LB for Southern Miss and Samford. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jacob Johnson recorded 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Southern Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Samford paired 0 primary output with 20.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Southern Miss, Samford.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Samford

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

20.9

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Texas A&M

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Baylor: 0. Texas A&M: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas A&M

Best efficiency game

25 vs Texas A&M

Result
Sat 11/22@ Texas A&M63000
Sat 9/13@ Baylor43000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Southern Miss

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Samford

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss0
2024 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss04.20.80
2025 Regular SeasonSamford020.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 9 Texas A&M

Week 13 · Ranked opponent

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

12.5 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.5 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 71 Baylor

Week 3

0

Havoc Plays

8.4 takeover

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.4 takeover score.

#3

vs SE Louisiana

Week 2 · W 35-10

0

Havoc Plays

3.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.

#4

@ Texas State

Week 12 · L 3-58 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.3 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Samford

0 primary output · 20.9 efficiency · usage

60.4

#2

2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss

36.8

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Southern Miss

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games