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2016-2019Baylor
Clay Johnston
LB • 6'1" • 232 lbs • Abilene, TX, USA
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Clay Johnston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 67.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
73
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Baylor
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Baylor
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Player Story
Clay Johnston built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Abilene, TX wearing No. 4, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Clay Johnston's career was his defensive production: 225...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2020
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 20
- Overall
- No. 234
- NFL Team
- Los Angeles Rams
Clay Johnston, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Baylor. Clay Johnston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 67.2 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Baylor · LB
- Career Tackles
- 225
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Baylor
- Top game
- Duke
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Northmont · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- Northmont · 14 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2020 · Round 7 · Pick 20 · Los Angeles Rams
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 58 tackles · LB 275th (top 22%) · Big 12 35th (top 8%) · National 495th (top 9%)
Clay Johnston played LB for Baylor. Across 4 tracked seasons, Clay Johnston recorded 225 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Baylor.
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