Usage / Role
100%
Featured defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2015-2018Texas
Gary Johnson
LB • 6'0" • 230 lbs • Douglas, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Gary Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 52.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
lowhigh
Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Texas
151617171818
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Player Story
Gary Johnson built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Douglas, AL wearing No. 33, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Gary Johnson's career was his defensive production: 150...
Read the story4★
- Committed To
- Clemson
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Gary Johnson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Texas. Gary Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 52.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 150
- TFL
- 23
- Sacks
- 9
- QB hurries
- 12
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Gary Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas · LB
- Career Tackles
- 150
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Texas
- Top game
- Baylor
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Myrtle Beach · Clemson
- High school pipeline
- Myrtle Beach · 15 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 90 tackles · LB 84th (top 8%) · Big 12 6th (top 2%) · National 104th (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Postseason | Texas | 10 | 10 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas | 10 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | 49 |
| 2018 Postseason | Texas | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 72.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas | 13 | 85 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 72.9 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson played LB for Texas. Across 4 tracked seasons, Gary Johnson recorded 150 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
Texas paired 33 primary output with 52.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 52.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 92.3th 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.
2018 Postseason · Texas
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
2.5
Efficiency
52.7
Usage
14.4
Consistency
38.8
Best Game by takeover score
Baylor
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: 2. Maryland: 1. Tulsa: 1. USC: 6. TCU: 1. Kansas State: 0. Oklahoma: 0.5. Baylor: 5.5. Oklahoma State: 5.5. West Virginia: 1. Texas Tech: 4. Iowa State: 4. Oklahoma: 1.5
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: 5 by 40.8. Maryland: 3 by 22.5. Tulsa: 5 by 30.8. USC: 6 by 75. TCU: 11 by 55.8. Kansas State: 7 by 29.2. Oklahoma: 3 by 17.5. Baylor: 11 by 95.8. Oklahoma State: 10 by 91.7. West Virginia: 2 by 18.3. Texas Tech: 9 by 77.5. Iowa State: 7 by 69.2. Oklahoma: 11 by 60.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.7 · Games = 9 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses2.3 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Baylor
Best efficiency game
95.8 vs Baylor
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1/2 | @ GeorgiaSplash game | W 28-21 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/1 | @ Oklahoma10+ tackles | L 27-39 | 11 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/18 | vs Iowa StateSplash game | W 24-10 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/11 | @ Texas Tech2+ sacks · Splash game | W 41-34 | 9 | 8 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | vs West Virginia | L 41-42 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/28 | @ Oklahoma State10+ tackles · Splash game | L 35-38 | 10 | 6 | — | 2.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Baylor10+ tackles · Splash game | W 23-17 | 11 | 9 | — | 2.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Oklahoma | W 48-45 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Kansas State | W 19-14 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | vs TCU10+ tackles | W 31-16 | 11 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/16 | vs USCSplash game | W 37-14 | 6 | 4 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/9 | vs Tulsa | W 28-21 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Maryland | L 29-34 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Gary Johnson story
Gary Johnson built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Douglas, AL wearing No. 33, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Gary Johnson's career was his defensive production: 150 tackles, 23 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Texas. 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 Gary Johnson's production has multiple signals. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Texas.
The arc is straightforward: Gary 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Texas
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017201720182018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Texas | 13 | 38 | 11.1 | 13 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas | 13 | 38 | 11.1 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Texas | 33 | 52.7 | 14.4 | 20 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas | 33 | 52.7 | 14.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Baylor
Week 7 · W 23-17 · Conference game
Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5.5
Havoc Plays
95.8 takeover
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Oklahoma State
Week 9 · L 35-38 · Conference game
5.5
Havoc Plays
94.5 takeover
Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.5 takeover score.
#3
vs USC
Week 3 · W 37-14
6
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
6 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#4
@ TCU
Week 10 · L 7-24 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
90.8 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Texas Tech
Week 13 · L 23-27 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
88.1 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · Texas
33 primary output · 52.7 efficiency · 14.4 usage
72.9
#2
2018 Regular Season · Texas
72.9
33 primary · 52.7 efficiency · 14.4 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · Texas
49
13 primary · 38 efficiency · 11.1 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
10
Splash games
5
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Gary Johnson
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.