Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2022Northwestern
Ryan Johnson
DL • 6'4" • 280 lbs • Axis, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ryan Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
55
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
45
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
70
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Stanford • Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southern Illinois
Player Story
Ryan Johnson built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Axis, AL wearing No. 8, spending time with Northwestern and Stanford. The clearest part of Ryan Johnson's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Stanford
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Ryan Johnson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Northwestern. Ryan Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 29
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Ryan Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · DL
- Career Tackles
- 29
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Southern Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · St. Paul's Episcopal · Stanford
- High school pipeline
- St. Paul's Episcopal · 31 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 6 tackles · DL 700th (top 71%) · Big Ten 350th (top 57%) · National 3,246th (top 56%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Stanford | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 12.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Stanford | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Stanford | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Stanford | 9 | 15 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 7.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northwestern | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 0 | 49.7 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Stanford to Northwestern | P4 to P4 | 78.6 | Nov 29, 2021 |
Ryan Johnson played DL for Stanford and Northwestern. Across 6 tracked seasons, Ryan Johnson recorded 11 receiving yards and 29 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Stanford.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 7 primary output with 15.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.9 efficiency.
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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 Stanford, Northwestern.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Illinois
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
15.9
Usage
3.5
Consistency
53.6
Best Game by takeover score
Southern Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 1. Duke: 1. Southern Illinois: 3. Miami (OH): 2. Penn State: 0. Wisconsin: 0
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. Nebraska: 1 by 14.2. Duke: 0 by 10. Southern Illinois: 1 by 34.2. Miami (OH): 1 by 24.2. Penn State: 2 by 8.3. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 1 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Southern Illinois
Best efficiency game
34.2 vs Southern Illinois
Player Story
Ryan Johnson story
Ryan Johnson built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Axis, AL wearing No. 8, spending time with Northwestern and Stanford. The clearest part of Ryan Johnson's career was his defensive production: 29 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. His career also includes 11 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ryan Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Stanford
2017-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Northwestern
2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201720182019202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Stanford | 1 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | 4.2 | 1.1 | -1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Stanford | 0.5 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northwestern | 7 | 15.9 | 3.5 | 6.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Southern Illinois
Week 3 · L 24-31
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Oregon State
Week 11 · W 48-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
56.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Miami (OH)
Week 4 · L 14-17
2
Havoc Plays
46.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Nebraska
Week 1 · W 31-28 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
28.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Notre Dame
Week 13 · L 14-45
0.5
Havoc Plays
28.1 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 28.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Northwestern
7 primary output · 15.9 efficiency · 3.5 usage
49.7
#2
2020 Regular Season · Stanford
38.4
0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1.2 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Stanford
37.8
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 1.1 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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