Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Nevada
Kaden Johnson
EDGE • 6'3" • 248 lbs • Saint Paul, MN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kaden Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16 disruption score.
Impact Production
32
Developing production for an edge defender
lowelite
Reliability
26
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Nevada
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Wisconsin • Nevada
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
Kaden Johnson built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as an edge defender from Saint Paul, MN wearing No. 2, spending time with Nevada and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Kaden Johnson's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Wisconsin
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Kaden Johnson, EDGE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Nevada. Kaden Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 42
- TFL
- 2
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Kaden Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nevada · EDGE
- Career Tackles
- 42
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Nevada
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. Francis de Sales · Wisconsin
- High school pipeline
- Minnehaha Academy · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 17 tackles · EDGE 36th (top 65%) · Mountain West 201st (top 37%) · National 2,263rd (top 38%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 9 | 18 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 31.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nevada | 6 | 17 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46.5 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Kaden Johnson played EDGE for Wisconsin and Nevada. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kaden Johnson recorded 42 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Wisconsin.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Nevada paired 2.5 primary output with 16 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wisconsin, Nevada.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Nevada
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
16
Usage
4
Consistency
36.7
Best Game by takeover score
Oregon State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Troy: 0.5. SMU: 0. Georgia Southern: 1. Oregon State: 1. Fresno State: 0. Air Force: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Troy: 5 by 25.8. SMU: 4 by 16.7. Georgia Southern: 2 by 18.3. Oregon State: 1 by 14.2. Fresno State: 1 by 4.2. Air Force: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.8 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oregon State
Best efficiency game
25.8 vs Troy
Player Story
Kaden Johnson story
Kaden Johnson built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as an edge defender from Saint Paul, MN wearing No. 2, spending time with Nevada and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Kaden Johnson's career was his defensive production: 42 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Kaden Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Wisconsin
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Nevada
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0.5 | 8.9 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 2 | 10.2 | 3.4 | 1.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nevada | 2.5 | 16 | 4 | 0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Purdue
Week 4 · W 38-17 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Oregon State
Week 7 · W 42-37
1
Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Georgia Southern
Week 2 · L 17-20
1
Havoc Plays
45.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Troy
Week 1 · W 28-26
0.5
Havoc Plays
41.9 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 41.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Purdue
Week 8 · W 35-24 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
40 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Nevada
2.5 primary output · 16 efficiency · 4 usage
46.5
#2
2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Wisconsin
31.7
2 primary · 10.2 efficiency · 3.4 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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