Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022Wake Forest
Jacorey Johns
DL • 6'4" • 255 lbs • Cartersville, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jacorey Johns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
52
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
44
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Wake Forest
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Wake Forest
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Campbell
Player Story
Jacorey Johns built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Cartersville, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Jacorey Johns' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Wake Forest
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Jacorey Johns, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Wake Forest. Jacorey Johns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 131
- TFL
- 21.5
- Sacks
- 8.5
- QB hurries
- 13
Quick Answers
Jacorey Johns quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wake Forest · DL
- Career Tackles
- 131
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Wake Forest
- Top game
- Campbell
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Cartersville · Wake Forest
- High school pipeline
- Cartersville · 29 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Junior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 30 tackles · DL 161st (top 17%) · ACC 142nd (top 24%) · National 1,326th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Wake Forest | 13 | 2 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 54.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 13 | 51 | 8 | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | 54.3 |
| 2020 Postseason | Wake Forest | 9 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 52.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 9 | 30 | 6.5 | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | 52.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 6 | 16 | 4 | 2.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 51.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 10 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 5 | - | 0 | 42.7 |
Related Context
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Jacorey Johns played DL for Wake Forest. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jacorey Johns recorded 131 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Wake Forest.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Wake Forest paired 14 primary output with 27.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.5 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: Liberty
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Wake Forest
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
21.5
Usage
4.8
Consistency
44.9
Best Game by takeover score
Liberty
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. VMI: 2. Vanderbilt: 0. Liberty: 2.5. Clemson: 1. Florida State: 0. Boston College: 1.5. NC State: 0.5. North Carolina: 1.5. Syracuse: 0. Duke: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. VMI: 3 by 32.5. Vanderbilt: 3 by 12.5. Liberty: 5 by 45.8. Clemson: 4 by 26.7. Florida State: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 2 by 23.3. NC State: 3 by 17.5. North Carolina: 6 by 40. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2. Duke: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Liberty
Best efficiency game
45.8 vs Liberty
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ Duke | L 31-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/20 | vs Syracuse | W 45-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | vs North Carolina | L 34-36 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/6 | @ NC State | L 21-30 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Boston College | W 43-15 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Florida State | W 31-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Clemson | L 45-51 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs LibertySplash game | W 37-36 | 5 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Vanderbilt | W 45-25 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/1 | vs VMISplash game | W 44-10 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jacorey Johns story
Jacorey Johns built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Cartersville, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Jacorey Johns' career was his defensive production: 131 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, and 8.5 sacks across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Wake Forest. 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 Jacorey Johns' production has multiple signals. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Wake Forest.
The arc is straightforward: Jacorey Johns 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
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Wake Forest
2019-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Wake Forest | 14 | 27.8 | 7 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 14 | 27.8 | 7 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Wake Forest | 11.5 | 27.6 | 7.8 | -2.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 11.5 | 27.6 | 7.8 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 8.5 | 25.3 | 7.2 | -3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 9 | 21.5 | 4.8 | 0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Campbell
Week 5 · W 66-14
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Florida State
Week 8 · W 22-20 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Virginia
Week 4 · W 37-17 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Louisville
Week 7 · L 59-62 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Liberty
Week 3 · W 37-36
2.5
Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Wake Forest
14 primary output · 27.8 efficiency · 7 usage
54.3
#2
2019 Regular Season · Wake Forest
54.3
14 primary · 27.8 efficiency · 7 usage
#3
2020 Postseason · Wake Forest
52.9
11.5 primary · 27.6 efficiency · 7.8 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
11
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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