Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023California
Brett Johnson
DL • 6'5" • 295 lbs • Phoenix, AZ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brett Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
19
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
41
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · California
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- California
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Player Story
Brett Johnson built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Phoenix, AZ wearing No. 90, spending time with California. The clearest part of Brett Johnson's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Baylor
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Brett Johnson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · California. Brett Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 69
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Brett Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- California · DL
- Career Tackles
- 69
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · California
- Top game
- Stanford
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Red Oak · Baylor
- High school pipeline
- Red Oak · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 90 · Junior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 24 tackles · DL 269th (top 27%) · Pac-12 153rd (top 29%) · National 1,676th (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | California | 13 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | California | 13 | 24 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 38.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | California | 4 | 19 | 2.5 | 1.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 63.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | California | 9 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 18.4 |
Related Context
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Brett Johnson played DL for California. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brett Johnson recorded 69 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with California.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
California paired 5 primary output with 32.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Win with 1 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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2023 Regular Season · California
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
13.3
Usage
2.4
Consistency
7.4
Best Game by takeover score
Stanford
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Auburn: 0. Arizona State: 0. Oregon State: 0. Utah: 0. USC: 0. Oregon: 0. Washington State: 0. Stanford: 1. UCLA: 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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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Auburn: 1 by 4.2. Arizona State: 3 by 12.5. Oregon State: 3 by 12.5. Utah: 2 by 8.3. USC: 2 by 8.3. Oregon: 3 by 12.5. Washington State: 3 by 12.5. Stanford: 3 by 22.5. UCLA: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -0.5 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
Stanford
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs UCLA
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/26 | @ UCLA | W 33-7 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Stanford | W 27-15 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Washington State | W 42-39 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Oregon | L 19-63 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs USC | L 49-50 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Utah | L 14-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/8 | vs Oregon State | L 40-52 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Arizona State | W 24-21 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | vs Auburn | L 10-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Brett Johnson story
Brett Johnson built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Phoenix, AZ wearing No. 90, spending time with California. The clearest part of Brett Johnson's career was his defensive production: 69 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. That gives Brett Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
California
2019-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201920192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | California | 6 | 12.9 | 3.4 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | California | 6 | 12.9 | 3.4 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | California | 5 | 32.3 | 9.9 | -1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | -5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | California | 2 | 13.3 | 2.4 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Stanford
Week 13 · L 23-24 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#2
@ UCLA
Week 14 · W 28-18 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Stanford
Week 12 · W 27-15 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
64.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Oregon State
Week 12 · L 27-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
50 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.
#5
@ UCLA
Week 13 · W 33-7 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
48.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · California
5 primary output · 32.3 efficiency · 9.9 usage
63.5
#2
2019 Postseason · California
38.4
6 primary · 12.9 efficiency · 3.4 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · California
38.4
6 primary · 12.9 efficiency · 3.4 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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