Player Dossier

2018-2021

Auburn

Caleb Johnson

DE • 6'3" • 276 lbs • Columbus, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Caleb Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

15

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: 2021 Regular Season · Auburn

1819202021

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Auburn
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia

Player Story

Caleb Johnson built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive end from Columbus, GA wearing No. 45, spending time with Auburn. The clearest part of Caleb Johnson's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8738

Northside · Columbus, GA

Committed To
Auburn
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Caleb Johnson, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Auburn. Caleb Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
18
TFL
4
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Caleb Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Auburn · DE
Career Tackles
18
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 10 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Auburn
Top game
Georgia
Recruit profile
3-star · Northside · Auburn
High school pipeline
Paramus Catholic · 24 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 45 · Junior
2021 Tackles rank
4 tackles · DE 221st (top 79%) · SEC 384th (top 60%) · National 3,509th (top 59%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonAuburn22-0--037.4
2019 Regular SeasonAuburn3621--055.4
2020 PostseasonAuburn41-0--037.6
2020 Regular SeasonAuburn45101-037.6
2021 Regular SeasonAuburn1410--065

Related Context

Caleb Johnson played DE for Auburn. Across 4 tracked seasons, Caleb Johnson recorded 18 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Auburn.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Auburn paired 1 primary output with 26.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 11.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee

Win 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 Postseason · Auburn

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

11.3

Usage

2.7

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Tennessee

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 0. Kentucky: 1. South Carolina: 0. Tennessee: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern: 1 by 4.2. Kentucky: 0 by 10. South Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Tennessee: 4 by 26.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 2 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tennessee

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs Tennessee

Result
Fri 1/1@ NorthwesternL 19-3510000
Sun 11/22vs TennesseeW 30-1743100
Sat 10/17@ South CarolinaL 22-3011000
Sat 9/26vs KentuckyW 29-1300000

Player Story

Caleb Johnson story

Caleb Johnson built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive end from Columbus, GA wearing No. 45, spending time with Auburn. The clearest part of Caleb Johnson's career was his defensive production: 18 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Caleb Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Auburn

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonAuburn04.21
2019 Regular SeasonAuburn318.353
2020 PostseasonAuburn211.32.7-1
2020 Regular SeasonAuburn211.32.70
2021 Regular SeasonAuburn126.712.7-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Georgia

Week 6 · L 10-34 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

75.6 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Samford

Week 13 · W 52-0

2

Havoc Plays

64.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Tennessee

Week 12 · W 30-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

59.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Kentucky

Week 4 · W 29-13 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

45.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Arkansas

Week 8 · W 51-10 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

36.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Auburn

1 primary output · 26.7 efficiency · 12.7 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Auburn

55.4

3 primary · 18.3 efficiency · 5 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Auburn

37.6

2 primary · 11.3 efficiency · 2.7 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games