Player Dossier

2018-2023

Sam Houston

Jabari Johnson

DB • 6'1" • 200 lbs • Monroe, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jabari Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

10

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UL Monroe

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
UL Monroe • Sam Houston
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern

Player Story

Jabari Johnson built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive back from Monroe, LA wearing No. 21, spending time with Sam Houston and UL Monroe. The clearest part of Jabari Johnson's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.7792

Ouachita Parish · Monroe, LA

Committed To
UL Monroe
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Jabari Johnson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UL Monroe. Jabari Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
213
TFL
6.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
7

Quick Answers

Jabari Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Sam Houston · DB
Career Tackles
213
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 45 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · UL Monroe
Top game
Georgia Southern
Recruit profile
2-star · Ouachita Parish · UL Monroe
High school pipeline
Ouachita Parish · 17 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 21 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
3 tackles · DB 751st (top 79%) · Conference USA 253rd (top 61%) · National 3,838th (top 65%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonUL Monroe9511.51-2050.3
2019 Regular SeasonUL Monroe33-0--036.7
2020 Regular SeasonUL Monroe10671.50-1031.7
2021 Regular SeasonUL Monroe115710-1028.4
2022 Regular SeasonUL Monroe10322.5013056.8
2023 Regular SeasonSam Houston23-0--038.9

Related Context

Jabari Johnson played DB for UL Monroe and Sam Houston. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jabari Johnson recorded 3 rushing yards, -1 receiving yards, and 213 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with UL Monroe.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

UL Monroe paired 6.5 primary output with 19.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UL Monroe, Sam Houston.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Liberty

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

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2023 Regular Season · Sam Houston

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

6.3

Usage

1.3

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Liberty

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Jacksonville State: 0. Liberty: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Liberty

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Liberty

Result
Thu 10/5@ LibertyL 16-2121000
Fri 9/29vs Jacksonville StateL 28-3510000

Player Story

Jabari Johnson story

Jabari Johnson built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive back from Monroe, LA wearing No. 21, spending time with Sam Houston and UL Monroe. The clearest part of Jabari Johnson's career was his defensive production: 213 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 interceptions across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with UL Monroe. 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 Jabari Johnson's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 3 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Sam Houston and UL Monroe.

The arc is straightforward: Jabari Johnson 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

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

  1. 1

    UL Monroe

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Sam Houston

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonUL Monroe5.528.85
2019 Regular SeasonUL Monroe04.20.7-5.5
2020 Regular SeasonUL Monroe2.530.45.72.5
2021 Regular SeasonUL Monroe324.34.10.5
2022 Regular SeasonUL Monroe6.519.85.23.5
2023 Regular SeasonSam Houston06.31.3-6.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Georgia Southern

Week 10 · W 44-25 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

82.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Arkansas State

Week 14 · L 15-48 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

81.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.

#3

@ Texas

Week 1 · L 10-52

1

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Liberty

Week 7 · W 31-28

1

Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Kentucky

Week 1 · L 10-45

1

Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · UL Monroe

6.5 primary output · 19.8 efficiency · 5.2 usage

56.8

#2

2018 Regular Season · UL Monroe

50.3

5.5 primary · 28.8 efficiency · 5 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Sam Houston

38.9

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

1

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games