Player Dossier

2019-2023

Ohio

Ben Johnson

S • 6'3" • 205 lbs • Pickerington, OH, USA

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Ben Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

24

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

18

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

30

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Ohio

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Ohio
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic

Player Story

Ben Johnson built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a safety from Pickerington, OH wearing No. 30, spending time with Ohio. The clearest part of Ben Johnson's career was his defensive production: 85...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.7906

Pickerington North · Pickerington, OH

Committed To
Ohio
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Ben Johnson, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Ohio. Ben Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
85
TFL
1

Quick Answers

Ben Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio · S
Career Tackles
85
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Ohio
Top game
Florida Atlantic
Recruit profile
2-star · Pickerington North · Ohio
High school pipeline
Pickerington North · 28 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 30 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
17 tackles · S 269th (top 51%) · Mid-American 196th (top 37%) · National 2,172nd (top 37%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonOhio00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonOhio380.50--025.2
2021 Regular SeasonOhio821-0--041.8
2022 Regular SeasonOhio9390.50--024.6
2023 Regular SeasonOhio717-0--041.8

Related Context

Ben Johnson played S for Ohio. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ben Johnson recorded 85 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Ohio.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Ohio paired 0 primary output with 10.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10.9 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: Louisiana

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

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2021 Regular Season · Ohio

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

10.9

Usage

1.7

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Louisiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Syracuse: 0. Duquesne: 0. Louisiana: 0. Northwestern: 0. Buffalo: 0. Kent State: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Eastern Michigan: 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. Syracuse: 3 by 12.5. Louisiana: 6 by 25. Northwestern: 4 by 16.7. Buffalo: 2 by 8.3. Miami (OH): 2 by 8.3. Eastern Michigan: 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 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Louisiana

Best efficiency game

25 vs Louisiana

Result
Wed 11/10@ Eastern MichiganW 34-2643000
Tue 11/2vs Miami (OH)W 35-3320000
Sat 10/23vs Kent StateL 27-34
Sat 10/16@ BuffaloL 26-2722000
Sat 9/25@ NorthwesternL 6-3544000
Fri 9/17@ LouisianaL 14-4960000
Sat 9/11vs DuquesneL 26-28
Sat 9/4vs SyracuseL 9-2930000

Player Story

Ben Johnson story

Ben Johnson built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a safety from Pickerington, OH wearing No. 30, spending time with Ohio. The clearest part of Ben Johnson's career was his defensive production: 85 tackles and 1 tackle for loss across 27 career games in the available record. His career also includes 97 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ben Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Ohio

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonOhio0
2020 Regular SeasonOhio0.512.83.20.5
2021 Regular SeasonOhio010.91.7-0.5
2022 Regular SeasonOhio0.517.23.30.5
2023 Regular SeasonOhio010.11.8-0.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 1 · W 41-38

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5

Havoc Plays

68.3 takeover

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Bowling Green

Week 13 · W 52-10 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

38.3 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 38.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Fordham

Week 4 · W 59-52

0

Havoc Plays

26.7 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 26.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Bowling Green

Week 13 · W 38-14 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

18.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 18.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Kent State

Week 6 · W 42-17 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

18.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 18.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Ohio

0 primary output · 10.9 efficiency · 1.7 usage

41.8

#2

2023 Regular Season · Ohio

41.8

0 primary · 10.1 efficiency · 1.8 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Ohio

25.2

0.5 primary · 12.8 efficiency · 3.2 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games