Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2024Maryland
Taizse Johnson
DL • 6'1" • 300 lbs • District Heights, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Taizse Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
33
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
22
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
55
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Maryland
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Maryland
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Player Story
Taizse Johnson built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from District Heights, MD wearing No. 40, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Taizse Johnson's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Maryland
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Taizse Johnson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Maryland. Taizse Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 38
- TFL
- 7.5
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Taizse Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Maryland · DL
- Career Tackles
- 38
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Maryland
- Top game
- Michigan State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · St. John's College · Maryland
- High school pipeline
- St. John's College · 53 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 40 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 12 tackles · DL 551st (top 54%) · Big Ten 345th (top 43%) · National 2,727th (top 45%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Maryland | 5 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Maryland | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 43.7 |
| 2023 Postseason | Maryland | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 39.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Maryland | 10 | 13 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 39.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Maryland | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 31.4 |
Related Context
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Taizse Johnson played DL for Maryland. Across 4 tracked seasons, Taizse Johnson recorded 38 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Maryland.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Maryland paired 2 primary output with 16.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 10.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Maryland
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
10.6
Usage
4.3
Consistency
14.8
Best Game by takeover score
Michigan State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UConn: 0.5. Michigan State: 2. Virginia: 0. Villanova: 1. Indiana: 0. USC: 0. Oregon: 0. Rutgers: 1. Iowa: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UConn: 1 by 9.2. Michigan State: 1 by 24.2. Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Villanova: 1 by 14.2. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. USC: 1 by 4.2. Oregon: 2 by 8.3. Rutgers: 2 by 18.3. Iowa: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.4 · Games = 4 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Michigan State
Best efficiency game
24.2 vs Michigan State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/23 | vs Iowa | L 13-29 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Rutgers | L 17-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | @ Oregon | L 18-39 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs USC | W 29-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Indiana | L 28-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Villanova | W 38-20 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/15 | @ Virginia | W 27-13 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Michigan StateSplash game | L 24-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs UConn | W 50-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Taizse Johnson story
Taizse Johnson built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from District Heights, MD wearing No. 40, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Taizse Johnson's career was his defensive production: 38 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, and 5 sacks across 26 career games in the available record. That gives Taizse Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Maryland
2021-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 6.7 | 1.3 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Maryland | 2 | 16.3 | 9.6 | 2 |
| 2023 Postseason | Maryland | 7 | 13.3 | 3.9 | 5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Maryland | 7 | 13.3 | 3.9 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Maryland | 4.5 | 10.6 | 4.3 | -2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Michigan State
Week 5 · W 27-13 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Michigan State
Week 2 · L 24-27 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
74.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.5 takeover score.
#3
@ Northwestern
Week 9 · L 27-33 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Auburn
Week 1 · W 31-13 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
65 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.
#5
vs Rutgers
Week 12 · L 17-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
51.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Maryland
2 primary output · 16.3 efficiency · 9.6 usage
43.7
#2
2023 Postseason · Maryland
39.7
7 primary · 13.3 efficiency · 3.9 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Maryland
39.7
7 primary · 13.3 efficiency · 3.9 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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