Player Dossier

2017-2022

South Carolina

Brad Johnson

LB • 6'2" • 238 lbs • Pendleton, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brad Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · South Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
South Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Akron

Player Story

Brad Johnson built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a linebacker from Pendleton, SC wearing No. 19, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Brad Johnson's career was his defensive...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8959

Pendleton · Pendleton, SC

Committed To
South Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Brad Johnson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · South Carolina. Brad Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
151
TFL
7.5
Sacks
6
QB hurries
9
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Brad Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
South Carolina · LB
Career Tackles
151
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 45 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · South Carolina
Top game
Akron
Recruit profile
4-star · Pendleton · South Carolina
High school pipeline
Pendleton · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 19 · Graduate
2022 Tackles rank
40 tackles · LB 353rd (top 29%) · SEC 96th (top 16%) · National 846th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina55112-040.2
2018 PostseasonSouth Carolina112-0--038.1
2018 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina11212.52.531038.1
2019 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina11-0--036.4
2020 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina58-0--039
2021 PostseasonSouth Carolina134-0--048.4
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina137042.5--048.4
2022 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina1040-04-034.1

Related Context

Brad Johnson played LB for South Carolina. Across 6 tracked seasons, Brad Johnson recorded 151 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with South Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

South Carolina paired 7.5 primary output with 29.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Clemson

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · South Carolina

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.6

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Clemson

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Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Clemson

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Clemson

Result
Sat 11/30vs ClemsonL 3-3810000

Player Story

Brad Johnson story

Brad Johnson built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a linebacker from Pendleton, SC wearing No. 19, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Brad Johnson's career was his defensive production: 151 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 45 career games in the available record. That gives Brad Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    South Carolina

    2017-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20172018201820192020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina412.25.8
2018 PostseasonSouth Carolina9163.75
2018 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina9163.70
2019 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina04.20.6-9
2020 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina06.71.20
2021 PostseasonSouth Carolina7.529.58.27.5
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina7.529.58.20
2022 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina521.75.5-2.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Akron

Week 14 · W 28-3

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Eastern Illinois

Week 1 · W 46-0

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Wofford

Week 12 · W 31-10

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#4

@ East Carolina

Week 2 · W 20-17

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.

#5

vs Charlotte

Week 4 · W 56-20

2

Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · South Carolina

7.5 primary output · 29.5 efficiency · 8.2 usage

48.4

#2

2021 Regular Season · South Carolina

48.4

7.5 primary · 29.5 efficiency · 8.2 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · South Carolina

40.2

4 primary · 12.2 efficiency · 5.8 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

6

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games