Usage / Role
2%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2020Penn State
Donovan Johnson
CB • 5'9" • 180 lbs • Detroit, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Donovan Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
32
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: App State
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Donovan Johnson, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Penn State. Donovan Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 16
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Donovan Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · CB
- Career Tackles
- 16
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- App State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Cass Technical · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Cass Technical · 77 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Junior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Penn State | 6 | 12 | - | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 45.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 1 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 47 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Donovan Johnson played CB for Penn State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Donovan Johnson recorded 16 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Penn State paired 0 primary output with 16.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Win 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 · Penn State
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
16.7
Usage
2.9
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
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Split Comparison
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All Games0 · Games = 1
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
Best efficiency game
16.7 vs Pittsburgh
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/14 | vs Pittsburgh | W 17-10 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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Penn State
2018-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Penn State | 3 | 13.3 | 2.1 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 16.7 | 2.9 | -3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs App State
Week 1 · W 45-38
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
55.8 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Indiana
Week 8 · W 33-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
42.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Kent State
Week 3 · W 63-10
1
Havoc Plays
40 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.
#4
vs Pittsburgh
Week 3 · W 17-10
0
Havoc Plays
13.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Michigan State
Week 7 · L 17-21 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
13.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Penn State
0 primary output · 16.7 efficiency · 2.9 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · Penn State
45.2
3 primary · 13.3 efficiency · 2.1 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Penn State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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