Player Dossier

2018-2022

SMU

Ar'mani Johnson

CB • 6'0" • 180 lbs • Missouri City, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ar'mani Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

51%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

61

Solid production for a corner

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

48

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Player Story

Ar'mani Johnson built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a cornerback from Missouri City, TX wearing No. 5, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Ar'mani Johnson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7933

Ridge Point · Missouri City, TX

Committed To
SMU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Ar'mani Johnson, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · SMU. Ar'mani Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
112
TFL
5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
20
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Ar'mani Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
SMU · CB
Career Tackles
112
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · SMU
Top game
Tulsa
Recruit profile
2-star · Ridge Point · SMU
High school pipeline
Ridge Point · 36 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
31 tackles · CB 89th (top 23%) · American Athletic 116th (top 25%) · National 1,261st (top 22%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonSMU00-0--0-
2019 PostseasonSMU11310--051.6
2019 Regular SeasonSMU113420-11251.6
2020 Regular SeasonSMU102910-3019.1
2021 Regular SeasonSMU615-012016.9
2022 Regular SeasonSMU93110-4023.4

Related Context

Ar'mani Johnson played CB for SMU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ar'mani Johnson recorded 112 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with SMU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

SMU paired 16 primary output with 28.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 28.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2019 Postseason · SMU

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

28.5

Usage

4.5

Consistency

39.9

Best Game by takeover score

Tulsa

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Florida Atlantic: 1. Arkansas State: 1. North Texas: 0. Texas State: 0. TCU: 3. South Florida: 2. Tulsa: 4. Memphis: 2. East Carolina: 0. Navy: 0. Tulane: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida Atlantic: 3 by 22.5. Arkansas State: 8 by 43.3. North Texas: 2 by 8.3. Texas State: 2 by 8.3. TCU: 2 by 38.3. South Florida: 0 by 20. Tulsa: 3 by 52.5. Memphis: 3 by 32.5. East Carolina: 5 by 20.8. Navy: 3 by 12.5. Tulane: 6 by 55

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.6 · Games = 8 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · -0.6 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

Tulsa

Best efficiency game

55 vs Tulane

Result
Sat 12/21@ Florida AtlanticL 28-5232100
Sat 11/30vs TulaneSplash gameW 37-2065102
Sat 11/23@ NavyL 28-3533000
Sat 11/9vs East CarolinaW 59-5154000
Sat 11/2@ MemphisSplash gameL 48-5433002
Sat 10/5vs TulsaSplash gameW 43-37320022
Sat 9/28@ South FloridaSplash gameW 48-2100002
Sat 9/21@ TCUSplash gameW 41-3822003
Sat 9/14vs Texas StateW 47-1720000
Sat 9/7vs North TexasW 49-2722000
Sat 8/31@ Arkansas StateW 37-3085100

Player Story

Ar'mani Johnson story

Ar'mani Johnson built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a cornerback from Missouri City, TX wearing No. 5, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Ar'mani Johnson's career was his defensive production: 112 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 20 passes defended across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with SMU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Ar'mani Johnson's production has multiple signals. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across SMU.

The arc is straightforward: Ar'mani Johnson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    SMU

    2018-2022

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Season Value Progression

201820192019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonSMU0
2019 PostseasonSMU1628.54.516
2019 Regular SeasonSMU1628.54.50
2020 Regular SeasonSMU416.12.6-12
2021 Regular SeasonSMU315.42.7-1
2022 Regular SeasonSMU519.93.82

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Tulsa

Week 6 · W 43-37 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#2

@ UCF

Week 6 · L 19-41 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Tulane

Week 14 · W 37-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

61.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Houston

Week 9 · L 37-44 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

57.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Stephen F. Austin

Week 4 · W 50-7

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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.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · SMU

16 primary output · 28.5 efficiency · 4.5 usage

51.6

#2

2019 Regular Season · SMU

51.6

16 primary · 28.5 efficiency · 4.5 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · SMU

23.4

5 primary · 19.9 efficiency · 3.8 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games