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Player Dossier
2022-2023UCF
Jason Johnson
LB • 6'2" • 224 lbs • Matteson, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jason Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · UCF
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- UCF
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Player Story
Jason Johnson built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a linebacker from Matteson, IL, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Jason Johnson's career was his defensive production: 221 tackles, 11...
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- Committed To
- Eastern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Jason Johnson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · UCF. Jason Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 221
- TFL
- 11
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Jason Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCF · LB
- Career Tackles
- 221
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · UCF
- Top game
- Houston
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Marion-Franklin · Eastern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Marion-Franklin · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 104 tackles · LB 36th (top 3%) · Big 12 5th (top 1%) · National 44th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 13 | 117 | 5 | 1.5 | 4 | - | 0 | 66.3 |
| 2023 Postseason | UCF | 11 | 13 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 68.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 11 | 91 | 5.5 | 3 | - | 1 | 0 | 68.2 |
Related Context
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Jason Johnson played LB for UCF. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jason Johnson recorded 221 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with UCF.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
UCF paired 10 primary output with 47 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 47 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Postseason · UCF
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
47
Usage
12.3
Consistency
30.5
Best Game by takeover score
Houston
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia Tech: 0.5. Villanova: 0. Kansas State: 0. Baylor: 1. Kansas: 1. Oklahoma: 0. West Virginia: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Oklahoma State: 3. Texas Tech: 0.5. Houston: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia Tech: 13 by 55. Villanova: 6 by 25. Kansas State: 12 by 50. Baylor: 15 by 60. Kansas: 8 by 43.3. Oklahoma: 9 by 37.5. West Virginia: 11 by 45.8. Cincinnati: 8 by 33.3. Oklahoma State: 6 by 55. Texas Tech: 8 by 38.3. Houston: 8 by 73.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.8 · Games = 4 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 7 · -1.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Houston
Best efficiency game
73.3 vs Houston
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/22 | vs Georgia Tech10+ tackles | L 17-30 | 13 | 8 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/25 | vs Houston2+ sacks · Splash game | W 27-13 | 8 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Texas Tech | L 23-24 | 8 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Oklahoma StateSplash game | W 45-3 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Cincinnati | W 28-26 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs West Virginia10+ tackles | L 28-41 | 11 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Oklahoma | L 29-31 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Kansas | L 22-51 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Baylor10+ tackles | L 35-36 | 15 | 9 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/24 | @ Kansas State10+ tackles | L 31-44 | 12 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Villanova | W 48-14 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jason Johnson story
Jason Johnson built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a linebacker from Matteson, IL, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Jason Johnson's career was his defensive production: 221 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with UCF. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Jason Johnson's production has multiple signals. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCF.
The arc is straightforward: Jason Johnson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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UCF
2022-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202220232023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 10.5 | 44 | 10.3 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | UCF | 10 | 47 | 12.3 | -0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 10 | 47 | 12.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Houston
Week 13 · W 27-13 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
91.1 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Cincinnati
Week 9 · W 25-21 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Oklahoma State
Week 11 · W 45-3 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
76.7 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Temple
Week 7 · W 70-13 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Tulane
Week 11 · W 38-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · UCF
10 primary output · 47 efficiency · 12.3 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · UCF
68.2
10 primary · 47 efficiency · 12.3 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · UCF
66.3
10.5 primary · 44 efficiency · 10.3 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
5
Splash games
10
10+ tackle games
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