Player Dossier

2018-2021

Nevada

Amir Johnson

DT • 6'2" • 275 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Amir Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

42%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

30

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

31

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Nevada

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Nevada
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Player Story

Amir Johnson built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive tackle from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 92, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Amir Johnson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8043

Hercules · Hercules, CA

Committed To
Nevada
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Amir Johnson, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Nevada. Amir Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
21
TFL
4.5
Sacks
2.5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Amir Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Nevada · DT
Career Tackles
21
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 14 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Nevada
Top game
Utah State
Recruit profile
3-star · Hercules · Nevada
High school pipeline
Hercules · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 92 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
9 tackles · DT 149th (top 68%) · Mountain West 242nd (top 45%) · National 2,771st (top 47%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonNevada00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonNevada22-0--036.8
2020 PostseasonNevada51-0--043.2
2020 Regular SeasonNevada5921--043.2
2021 PostseasonNevada70-0-1047.9
2021 Regular SeasonNevada792.51.5--047.9

Related Context

Amir Johnson played DT for Nevada. Across 4 tracked seasons, Amir Johnson recorded 21 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Nevada.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Nevada paired 5 primary output with 12.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 12.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Postseason · Nevada

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

12.5

Usage

3.1

Consistency

53.1

Best Game by takeover score

UNLV

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 1. Idaho State: 0. Boise State: 0. UNLV: 2. San José State: 1. Air Force: 0. Colorado 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.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Michigan: 0 by 10. Idaho State: 2 by 8.3. Boise State: 2 by 8.3. UNLV: 2 by 28.3. San José State: 1 by 14.2. Air Force: 1 by 4.2. Colorado State: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -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

UNLV

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs UNLV

Result
Mon 12/27vs Western MichiganL 24-5200001
Sun 11/28@ Colorado StateW 52-10100.500.500
Sat 11/20vs Air ForceL 39-4111000
Sun 11/7vs San José StateW 27-2411100
Sat 10/30vs UNLVSplash gameW 51-2021110
Sat 10/2@ Boise StateW 41-3122000
Sun 9/12vs Idaho StateW 49-1021000

Player Story

Amir Johnson story

Amir Johnson built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive tackle from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 92, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Amir Johnson's career was his defensive production: 21 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Amir 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.

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    Nevada

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonNevada0
2019 Regular SeasonNevada04.20.80
2020 PostseasonNevada314.410.23
2020 Regular SeasonNevada314.410.20
2021 PostseasonNevada512.53.12
2021 Regular SeasonNevada512.53.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Utah State

Week 10 · W 34-9 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#2

vs UNLV

Week 9 · W 51-20 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

64.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.

#3

@ San José State

Week 15 · L 20-30 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

58.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.

#4

vs San José State

Week 10 · W 27-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

43.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Colorado State

Week 13 · W 52-10 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

29.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Nevada

5 primary output · 12.5 efficiency · 3.1 usage

47.9

#2

2021 Regular Season · Nevada

47.9

5 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 3.1 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Nevada

43.2

3 primary · 14.4 efficiency · 10.2 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games