Player Dossier

2018-2022

Central Michigan

LaQuan Johnson Jr.

DL • 6'3" • 255 lbs • Flint, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

LaQuan Johnson Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

22%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

80

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Central Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Central Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Player Story

LaQuan Johnson Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Flint, MI wearing No. 11, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of LaQuan Johnson Jr.'s career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.7953

Bendle Senior · Burton, MI

Committed To
Central Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

LaQuan Johnson Jr., DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Central Michigan. LaQuan Johnson Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
67
TFL
24
Sacks
12.5
QB hurries
8

Quick Answers

LaQuan Johnson Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Central Michigan · DL
Career Tackles
67
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 30 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Central Michigan
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Recruit profile
2-star · Bendle Senior · Central Michigan
High school pipeline
Bendle Senior · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 11 · Junior
2022 Tackles rank
10 tackles · DL 586th (top 60%) · Mid-American 256th (top 47%) · National 2,739th (top 47%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan4154.52--040.4
2019 PostseasonCentral Michigan111-01-065.2
2019 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan11281163-065.2
2020 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00-0--0-
2021 PostseasonCentral Michigan71-01-036.9
2021 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan71241.51-036.9
2022 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan6104.532-037.2

Related Context

LaQuan Johnson Jr. played DL for Central Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, LaQuan Johnson Jr. recorded 67 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Central Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Central Michigan paired 21 primary output with 30.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Memphis

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

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2022 Regular Season · Central Michigan

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

1.6

Efficiency

22.8

Usage

5.8

Consistency

32.2

Best Game by takeover score

Memphis

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 0. Miami: 0

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Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Memphis

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Memphis

Result
Thu 9/14@ Miami10000
Sat 9/2@ Memphis20000

Player Story

LaQuan Johnson Jr. story

LaQuan Johnson Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Flint, MI wearing No. 11, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of LaQuan Johnson Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 67 tackles, 24 tackles for loss, and 12.5 sacks across 30 career games in the available record. That gives LaQuan Johnson Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Central Michigan

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920192020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan6.531.98.4
2019 PostseasonCentral Michigan2130.110.414.5
2019 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan2130.110.40
2020 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan0-21
2021 PostseasonCentral Michigan7.518.557.5
2021 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan7.518.550
2022 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan9.522.85.82

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 10 · L 7-17 · Conference game

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4.5

Havoc Plays

88.6 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Northern Illinois

Week 10 · W 48-10 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

82.8 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Bowling Green

Week 8 · L 18-34 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

82.8 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Akron

Week 7 · W 28-21 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Miami (OH)

Week 15 · L 21-26 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Central Michigan

21 primary output · 30.1 efficiency · 10.4 usage

65.2

#2

2019 Regular Season · Central Michigan

65.2

21 primary · 30.1 efficiency · 10.4 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Central Michigan

40.4

6.5 primary · 31.9 efficiency · 8.4 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

10

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games