Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2024Oregon
Brandon Johnson
DB • 5'10" • 180 lbs • Newton, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brandon Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
68
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Duke
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Duke • Oregon
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Player Story
Brandon Johnson built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive back from Newton, NC wearing No. 3, spending time with Duke and Oregon. The clearest part of Brandon Johnson's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Duke
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Brandon Johnson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Duke. Brandon Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 157
- TFL
- 19.5
- Sacks
- 8
- QB hurries
- 8
- Passes defended
- 16
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Brandon Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oregon · DB
- Career Tackles
- 157
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Duke
- Top game
- Virginia Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Flomaton · Duke
- High school pipeline
- Newton-conover · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 42 tackles · DB 206th (top 22%) · Big Ten 112th (top 14%) · National 854th (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Duke | 7 | 17 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Duke | 12 | 49 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 66 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Duke | 12 | 49 | 7.5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 53.1 |
| 2024 Postseason | Oregon | 13 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oregon | 13 | 40 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 40.4 |
Related Context
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Brandon Johnson played DB for Duke and Oregon. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brandon Johnson recorded 157 tackles and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Duke.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Duke paired 26 primary output with 37.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 37.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Duke, Oregon.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2022 Regular Season · Duke
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
2.2
Efficiency
37.9
Usage
9.7
Consistency
45.1
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Temple: 1. Northwestern: 3. North Carolina A&T: 3. Kansas: 0. Virginia: 1. Georgia Tech: 0. North Carolina: 1. Miami: 5. Boston College: 3. Virginia Tech: 6. Pittsburgh: 2. Wake Forest: 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. Temple: 4 by 26.7. Northwestern: 0 by 30. North Carolina A&T: 6 by 55. Kansas: 2 by 8.3. Virginia: 5 by 30.8. Georgia Tech: 2 by 8.3. North Carolina: 4 by 26.7. Miami: 9 by 87.5. Boston College: 3 by 42.5. Virginia Tech: 6 by 75. Pittsburgh: 4 by 36.7. Wake Forest: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.9 · Games = 8 · +2.1 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · -2.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
Best efficiency game
87.5 vs Miami
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Wake Forest | W 34-31 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | @ PittsburghSplash game | L 26-28 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Virginia Tech2+ sacks · Splash game | W 24-7 | 6 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 11/4 | @ Boston CollegeSplash game | W 38-31 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Miami2+ sacks · Splash game | W 45-21 | 9 | 8 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/16 | vs North Carolina | L 35-38 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Georgia Tech | L 20-23 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Virginia | W 38-17 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Kansas | L 27-35 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs North Carolina A&TSplash game | W 49-20 | 6 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ NorthwesternSplash game | W 31-23 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Fri 9/2 | vs Temple | W 30-0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Brandon Johnson story
Brandon Johnson built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive back from Newton, NC wearing No. 3, spending time with Duke and Oregon. The clearest part of Brandon Johnson's career was his defensive production: 157 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Duke. 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 Brandon Johnson's production has multiple signals. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Duke and Oregon.
The arc is straightforward: Brandon 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Duke
2021-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Oregon
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Duke | 0 | 10.1 | 1.7 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Duke | 26 | 37.9 | 9.7 | 26 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Duke | 16.5 | 30.8 | 7 | -9.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Oregon | 12 | 22.7 | 5 | -4.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oregon | 12 | 22.7 | 5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Virginia Tech
Week 11 · W 24-7 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
6
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Miami
Week 8 · W 45-21 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Lafayette
Week 2 · W 42-7
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Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Pittsburgh
Week 13 · W 30-19 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
80.5 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Boise State
Week 2 · W 37-34
2.5
Havoc Plays
80.5 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Duke
26 primary output · 37.9 efficiency · 9.7 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · Duke
53.1
16.5 primary · 30.8 efficiency · 7 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Duke
41.4
0 primary · 10.1 efficiency · 1.7 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
15
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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