Usage / Role
2%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2023Virginia
Donovan Johnson Sr.
S • 6'2" • 200 lbs • New Orleans, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Donovan Johnson Sr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
22
Developing production for a safety
lowelite
Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
30
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Virginia
2021212223
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Virginia • Duke
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
4★
- Committed To
- Auburn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
Donovan Johnson Sr., S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Virginia. Donovan Johnson Sr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 12
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Donovan Johnson Sr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia · S
- Career Tackles
- 12
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Virginia
- Top game
- Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Wadley · Auburn
- High school pipeline
- Wadley · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Duke | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 41.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia | 3 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Donovan Johnson Sr. played S for Virginia and Duke. Across 4 tracked seasons, Donovan Johnson Sr. recorded 12 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Virginia paired 0 primary output with 11.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 9.2 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 Virginia, Duke.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2021 Regular Season · Duke
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
9.2
Usage
0.8
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 0. Virginia: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Split Comparison
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First Half0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +1 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
Virginia
Best efficiency game
10 vs Virginia
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Virginia
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Duke
2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | 8.3 | 1.4 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Duke | 1 | 9.2 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia | 1 | 9.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | 11.1 | 1.6 | -1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Virginia
Week 7 · L 0-48 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Louisville
Week 6 · L 17-34 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
21.4 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 21.4 takeover score.
#3
@ North Carolina
Week 3 · L 39-59 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.9 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Abilene Christian
Week 12 · W 55-15
0
Havoc Plays
6.7 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Illinois
Week 2 · L 3-24
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Virginia
0 primary output · 11.1 efficiency · 1.6 usage
41.6
#2
2021 Regular Season · Duke
41.4
1 primary · 9.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Virginia
41.4
1 primary · 9.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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