Usage / Role
72%
Major defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2016-2022Oregon
DJ Johnson
LB • 6'4" • 270 lbs • Sacramento, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DJ Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
64
Reliable weekly contributor
lowhigh
Star Power
90
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Oregon
1617192020212122
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Miami • Oregon
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nevada
Player Story
DJ Johnson built his college career from 2016 through 2022 as a linebacker from Sacramento, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Miami and Oregon. The clearest part of DJ Johnson's career was his defensive...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2023
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 17
- Overall
- No. 80
- NFL Team
- Carolina Panthers
DJ Johnson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Oregon. DJ Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 65
- TFL
- 15.5
- Sacks
- 9
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 2
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
DJ Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oregon · LB
- Career Tackles
- 65
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Oregon
- Top game
- Nevada
- NFL Draft
- 2023 · Round 3 · Pick 17 · Carolina Panthers
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 39 tackles · LB 366th (top 30%) · Pac-12 76th (top 15%) · National 899th (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Miami | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Miami | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Oregon | 5 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 44.5 |
| 2020 Postseason | Oregon | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Oregon | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 3 | 33.3 |
| 2021 Postseason | Oregon | 5 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oregon | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 42.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon | 11 | 39 | 8.5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 65.2 |
Related Context
Keep exploring DJ Johnson
DJ Johnson played LB for Miami and Oregon. Across 6 tracked seasons, DJ Johnson recorded 124 receiving yards, 65 tackles, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Oregon.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Oregon paired 17.5 primary output with 30.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 30.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 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 Miami, Oregon.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: California
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2022 Regular Season · Oregon
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
30.7
Usage
11.6
Consistency
33.1
Best Game by takeover score
California
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 0. Eastern Washington: 2. BYU: 0. Washington State: 4. Stanford: 3. Arizona: 1. UCLA: 0.5. California: 5. Washington: 0.5. Utah: 0.5. Oregon State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Eastern Washington: 3 by 32.5. BYU: 6 by 25. Washington State: 3 by 52.5. Stanford: 3 by 42.5. Arizona: 4 by 26.7. UCLA: 2 by 13.3. California: 3 by 62.5. Washington: 4 by 21.7. Utah: 7 by 34.2. Oregon State: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2 · Games = 8 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 3 · -1.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
California
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs California
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ Oregon State | L 34-38 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/20 | vs Utah | W 20-17 | 7 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | vs Washington | L 34-37 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ California2+ sacks · Splash game | W 42-24 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs UCLA | W 45-30 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/9 | @ Arizona | W 49-22 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/2 | vs StanfordSplash game | W 45-27 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Washington State2+ sacks · Splash game | W 44-41 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs BYU | W 41-20 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/11 | vs Eastern WashingtonSplash game | W 70-14 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | @ Georgia | L 3-49 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
DJ Johnson story
DJ Johnson built his college career from 2016 through 2022 as a linebacker from Sacramento, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Miami and Oregon. The clearest part of DJ Johnson's career was his defensive production: 65 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. His career also includes 124 receiving yards and 4 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives DJ Johnson'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.
- 1
Miami
2016-2017
Opening stop
- 2
Oregon
2019-2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201920202020202120212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Miami | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Miami | 0 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Oregon | 8 | 27.7 | 7.9 | 8 |
| 2020 Postseason | Oregon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Oregon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Oregon | 5 | 19.2 | 7.7 | 5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oregon | 5 | 19.2 | 7.7 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon | 17.5 | 30.7 | 11.6 | 12.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Nevada
Week 2 · W 77-6
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
89.7 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.
#2
@ California
Week 9 · W 42-24 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#3
@ Washington State
Week 4 · W 44-41 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Arizona
Week 4 · W 41-19 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
76.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Ohio State
Week 2 · W 35-28
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Oregon
17.5 primary output · 30.7 efficiency · 11.6 usage
65.2
#2
2019 Regular Season · Oregon
44.5
8 primary · 27.7 efficiency · 7.9 usage
#3
2021 Postseason · Oregon
42.3
5 primary · 19.2 efficiency · 7.7 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
8
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring DJ Johnson
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.