Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Ball State
Caden Johnson
LB • 6'2" • 228 lbs • Lexington, KY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Caden Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
52
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
53
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
68
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Ball State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Player Story
Caden Johnson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Lexington, KY wearing No. 6, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Caden Johnson's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Ball State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Caden Johnson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State. Caden Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 55
- TFL
- 4
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 3
Quick Answers
Caden Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ball State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 55
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Ball State
- Top game
- Auburn
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Frederick Douglass · Ball State
- High school pipeline
- Frederick Douglass · 14 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 31 tackles · LB 467th (top 37%) · Mid-American 126th (top 22%) · National 1,312th (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ball State | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ball State | 10 | 22 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 21.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ball State | 9 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | 59.8 |
Related Context
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Caden Johnson played LB for Ball State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Caden Johnson recorded 55 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Ball State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Ball State paired 7 primary output with 22.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Loss with 2 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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2025 Regular Season · Ball State
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
22.1
Usage
7.8
Consistency
51.9
Best Game by takeover score
Auburn
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 1. Auburn: 2. New Hampshire: 0. Ohio: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Akron: 2. Northern Illinois: 1. Eastern Michigan: 1. Miami (OH): 0
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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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Purdue: 3 by 22.5. Auburn: 5 by 40.8. New Hampshire: 1 by 4.2. Ohio: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Akron: 2 by 28.3. Northern Illinois: 8 by 43.3. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 22.5. Miami (OH): 6 by 25
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · +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
Auburn
Best efficiency game
43.3 vs Northern Illinois
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Miami (OH) | L 24-45 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Eastern Michigan | L 9-24 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Northern Illinois | L 7-21 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs AkronSplash game | W 42-28 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Western Michigan | L 0-42 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Ohio | W 20-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs New Hampshire | W 34-29 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ AuburnSplash game | L 3-42 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Purdue | L 0-31 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Caden Johnson story
Caden Johnson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Lexington, KY wearing No. 6, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Caden Johnson's career was his defensive production: 55 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Caden Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Ball State
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ball State | 2 | 11.2 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ball State | 7 | 22.1 | 7.8 | 5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 29 Auburn
Week 2 · L 3-42
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Ohio
Week 14 · L 21-42 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 117 Akron
Week 8 · W 42-28 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
68 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 128 Northern Illinois
Week 9 · L 7-21 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
64.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 119 Eastern Michigan
Week 12 · L 9-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Ball State
7 primary output · 22.1 efficiency · 7.8 usage
59.8
#2
2023 Regular Season · Ball State
37.2
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Ball State
21.3
2 primary · 11.2 efficiency · 5 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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