Player Dossier

2018-2023

Fresno State

Isaiah Johnson

DE • 6'2" • 236 lbs • Modesto, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Isaiah Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.5 disruption score.

Usage Score

6.4

Efficiency

14.5

Consistency

14.8

Season Value

16.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Fresno State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Fresno State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Isaiah Johnson, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Fresno State. Isaiah Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.5 disruption score.

Isaiah Johnson played DE for Fresno State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Isaiah Johnson recorded 80 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Fresno State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Fresno State paired 1 primary output with 14.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 14.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Postseason · Fresno State

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

14.5

Usage

6.4

Consistency

14.8

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. New Mexico State: 0. Purdue: 0. Unknown: 0. Kent State: 0. UNLV: 1. Boise State: 2. San José State: 0. New Mexico: 1. San Diego State: 2

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.

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Mexico State: 1 by 4.2. Purdue: 3 by 12.5. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. Kent State: 1 by 4.2. UNLV: 3 by 22.5. Boise State: 2 by 28.3. San José State: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico: 1 by 14.2. San Diego State: 3 by 32.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · +0.4 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · Games = 5 · -1.1 vs Second Half
Second Half1.3 · Games = 4 · +1.1 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

San Diego State

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs San Diego State

Result
Sat 12/16vs New Mexico StateW 37-1010000
Sun 11/26@ San Diego StateSplash gameL 18-3332200
Sun 11/19vs New MexicoL 17-2511100
Sun 11/12@ San José StateL 18-4210000
Sun 11/5vs Boise StateW 37-3022110
Sun 10/29vs UNLVW 31-2433100
Sun 9/24vs Kent StateW 53-1011000
Sun 9/10vs Unknown22000
Sat 9/2@ PurdueW 39-3531000

Career Arc

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

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    Fresno State

    2018-2023

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2018201920202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonFresno State3.513.36
2019 Regular SeasonFresno State6.5206.23
2020 Regular SeasonFresno State323.96.1-3.5
2021 Regular SeasonFresno State114.20.9-2
2022 Regular SeasonFresno State412.33.93
2023 PostseasonFresno State614.56.42
2023 Regular SeasonFresno State614.56.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Oregon State

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.

#2

Minnesota

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.

#3

San Diego State

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49 takeover score.

#4

San Diego State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.4 takeover score.

#5

Boise State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2021 Regular Season · Fresno State

1 primary output · 14.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · Fresno State

26.5

3 primary · 23.9 efficiency · 6.1 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Fresno State

17.9

6.5 primary · 20 efficiency · 6.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8622

Thomas Downey · Modesto, CA

Committed To
Fresno State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

1

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

80

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 37 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.