Player Dossier

2018-2020

Purdue

DJ Johnson

CB • 6'0" • 195 lbs • Indianapolis, IN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

DJ Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a corner

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Iowa

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Oregon • Iowa • Purdue
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8801

North Central · Indianapolis, IN

Committed To
Iowa
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

DJ Johnson, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Iowa. DJ Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
17
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

DJ Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Purdue · CB
Career Tackles
17
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 9 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Iowa
Top game
Iowa State
Recruit profile
3-star · North Central · Iowa
High school pipeline
North Central · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 9 · Junior
2020 Tackles rank
3 tackles · CB 248th (top 78%) · Big Ten 336th (top 62%) · National 3,235th (top 62%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonOregon00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonIowa414-0-2038.3
2020 Regular SeasonPurdue33-0--037

Related Context

DJ Johnson played CB for Oregon, Iowa, and Purdue. Across 3 tracked seasons, DJ Johnson recorded 17 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Iowa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Iowa paired 2 primary output with 19.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oregon, Iowa, Purdue.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2020 Regular Season · Purdue

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

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All Games1 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

Best efficiency game

10 vs Northern Illinois

Result
Sat 9/9@ Northern Illinois00001

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Oregon

    2018

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Iowa

    2019

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Purdue

    2020

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonOregon0
2019 Regular SeasonIowa219.63.12
2020 Regular SeasonPurdue04.20.8-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Iowa State

Week 3 · W 18-17

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

#2

@ Northwestern

Week 3

1

Havoc Plays

63.4 takeover

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.4 takeover score.

#3

@ Northern Illinois

Week 2

1

Havoc Plays

55 takeover

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.

#4

@ Michigan

Week 6 · L 3-10 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

11.4 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 5 · W 48-3

0

Havoc Plays

7.8 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Iowa

2 primary output · 19.6 efficiency · 3.1 usage

38.3

#2

2020 Regular Season · Purdue

37

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Oregon

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games