Player Dossier

2020-2024

Massachusetts

Gerrell Johnson

LB • 6'3" • 220 lbs • Washington, DC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Gerrell Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

60%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

63

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

56

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

78

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Massachusetts

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Massachusetts
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Army

Player Story

Gerrell Johnson built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Washington, DC wearing No. 22, spending time with Massachusetts. The clearest part of Gerrell Johnson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8148

DeMatha Catholic · Hyattsville, MD

Committed To
Massachusetts
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Gerrell Johnson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Massachusetts. Gerrell Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
267
TFL
10
Sacks
3
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Gerrell Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Massachusetts · LB
Career Tackles
267
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 52 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Massachusetts
Top game
Army
Recruit profile
3-star · DeMatha Catholic · Massachusetts
High school pipeline
New Town · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 22 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
74 tackles · LB 133rd (top 11%) · FBS Independents 7th (top 5%) · National 214th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonMassachusetts4611-1020.8
2021 Regular SeasonMassachusetts12812.51.5--041.7
2022 Regular SeasonMassachusetts125520-1027.9
2023 Regular SeasonMassachusetts125120--027.1
2024 Regular SeasonMassachusetts12742.50.522052.4

Related Context

Gerrell Johnson played LB for Massachusetts. Across 5 tracked seasons, Gerrell Johnson recorded 6 rushing yards and 267 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Massachusetts.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Massachusetts paired 7 primary output with 31.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 30.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Army

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Massachusetts

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

30.4

Usage

8.5

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Army

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 0. Boston College: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. Toledo: 1.5. UConn: 0.5. Florida State: 0. Liberty: 0. Rhode Island: 0. Maine: 0. Army: 2. New Mexico State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Pittsburgh: 5 by 20.8. Boston College: 13 by 50. Eastern Michigan: 5 by 20.8. Coastal Carolina: 6 by 25. Toledo: 10 by 56.7. UConn: 4 by 21.7. Florida State: 5 by 20.8. Liberty: 2 by 8.3. Rhode Island: 7 by 29.2. Maine: 6 by 25. Army: 14 by 70. New Mexico State: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 1 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 11 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Army

Best efficiency game

70 vs Army

Result
Sat 11/27@ New Mexico StateL 27-4442000
Sat 11/20@ Army10+ tackles · Splash gameL 17-33146110
Sat 11/13vs MaineL 10-3562000
Sat 11/6vs Rhode IslandL 22-3571000
Sat 10/30@ LibertyL 17-6220000
Sat 10/23@ Florida StateL 3-5953000
Sat 10/9vs UConnW 27-13410.5000
Sat 10/2vs Toledo10+ tacklesL 7-4510210.500
Sat 9/25@ Coastal CarolinaL 3-5362000
Sat 9/18vs Eastern MichiganL 28-4252000
Sat 9/11vs Boston College10+ tacklesL 28-45135000
Sat 9/4@ PittsburghL 7-5153000

Player Story

Gerrell Johnson story

Gerrell Johnson built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Washington, DC wearing No. 22, spending time with Massachusetts. The clearest part of Gerrell Johnson's career was his defensive production: 267 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 interception across 52 career games in the available record. His career also includes 6 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Gerrell Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Massachusetts

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonMassachusetts313.82.2
2021 Regular SeasonMassachusetts430.48.51
2022 Regular SeasonMassachusetts321.64.7-1
2023 Regular SeasonMassachusetts320.24.70
2024 Regular SeasonMassachusetts731.57.74

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Army

Week 12 · L 17-33 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

90 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.

#2

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 5 · L 13-20

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Havoc Plays

82.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.

#3

vs Merrimack

Week 10 · W 31-21

1.5

Havoc Plays

81.1 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Temple

Week 4 · L 0-28

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Havoc Plays

78.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Central Connecticut

Week 4 · W 35-31

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Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Massachusetts

7 primary output · 31.5 efficiency · 7.7 usage

52.4

#2

2021 Regular Season · Massachusetts

41.7

4 primary · 30.4 efficiency · 8.5 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Massachusetts

27.9

3 primary · 21.6 efficiency · 4.7 usage

Milestones

10

Impact games

3

Splash games

6

10+ tackle games