Player Dossier

2022-2025

Ball 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.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

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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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8237

Frederick Douglass · Lexington, KY

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

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonBall State00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonBall State22-0--037.2
2024 Regular SeasonBall State102211--021.3
2025 Regular SeasonBall State931313-059.8

Related Context

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

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 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: Kentucky

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Ball State

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.9

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Kentucky

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 0. Toledo: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kentucky

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Toledo

Result
Sat 10/14vs ToledoL 6-1311000
Sat 9/2@ KentuckyL 14-4411000

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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Ball State

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonBall State0
2023 Regular SeasonBall State04.20.90
2024 Regular SeasonBall State211.252
2025 Regular SeasonBall State722.17.85

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