Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020UAB
Thomas Johnston
LB • 6'2" • 225 lbs • Spanish Fort, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Thomas Johnston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
41
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · UAB
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UAB
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Player Story
Thomas Johnston built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Spanish Fort, AL wearing No. 5, spending time with UAB. The clearest part of Thomas Johnston's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- UAB
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Thomas Johnston, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · UAB. Thomas Johnston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 54
- TFL
- 4
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 3
Quick Answers
Thomas Johnston quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UAB · LB
- Career Tackles
- 54
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · UAB
- Top game
- UTSA
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Spanish Fort · UAB
- High school pipeline
- Spanish Fort · 24 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 1 tackles · LB 1,121st (top 100%) · Conference USA 524th (top 98%) · National 5,095th (top 98%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | UAB | 11 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UAB | 11 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 38.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UAB | 8 | 12 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.7 |
| 2019 Postseason | UAB | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 16.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UAB | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 16.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UAB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44.8 |
Related Context
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Thomas Johnston played LB for UAB. Across 4 tracked seasons, Thomas Johnston recorded 54 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with UAB.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
UAB paired 1 primary output with 14.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · UAB
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
14.2
Usage
5.4
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
South Alabama
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All Games1 · Games = 1
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Alabama
Best efficiency game
14.2 vs South Alabama
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 9/24 | @ South Alabama | W 42-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Thomas Johnston story
Thomas Johnston built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Spanish Fort, AL wearing No. 5, spending time with UAB. The clearest part of Thomas Johnston's career was his defensive production: 54 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Thomas Johnston's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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UAB
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201720172018201920192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | UAB | 5 | 16.7 | 3.9 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | UAB | 5 | 16.7 | 3.9 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UAB | 0 | 6.3 | 1.5 | -5 |
| 2019 Postseason | UAB | 2 | 7.2 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UAB | 2 | 7.2 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UAB | 1 | 14.2 | 5.4 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UTSA
Week 11 · W 24-19 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#2
@ North Texas
Week 4 · L 43-46 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67 takeover score.
#3
@ North Texas
Week 14 · W 26-21 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
61.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.
#4
@ South Alabama
Week 4 · W 42-10
1
Havoc Plays
53.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Ohio
Week 1 · L 6-41 · Postseason
0
Havoc Plays
22.5 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 22.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · UAB
1 primary output · 14.2 efficiency · 5.4 usage
44.8
#2
2018 Regular Season · UAB
39.7
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.5 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · UAB
38.7
5 primary · 16.7 efficiency · 3.9 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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