Player Dossier

2020-2024

East Carolina

D'Anta Johnson

DL • 6'2" • 294 lbs • Dinwiddie, VA, USA

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D'Anta Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

13

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

5

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

22

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · East Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
East Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Player Story

D'Anta Johnson built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Dinwiddie, VA wearing No. 56, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of D'Anta Johnson's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8119

Dinwiddie County · Dinwiddie, VA

Committed To
East Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

D'Anta Johnson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · East Carolina. D'Anta Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
92
TFL
17.5
Sacks
5.5
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

D'Anta Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
East Carolina · DL
Career Tackles
92
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 33 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · East Carolina
Top game
Tulane
Recruit profile
3-star · Dinwiddie County · East Carolina
High school pipeline
Dinwiddie County · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 56 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
38 tackles · DL 73rd (top 8%) · American Athletic 99th (top 16%) · National 1,013th (top 17%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonEast Carolina1111--056.9
2021 Regular SeasonEast Carolina32-01-09.8
2022 Regular SeasonEast Carolina6181011025.6
2023 Regular SeasonEast Carolina1133941-052.4
2024 PostseasonEast Carolina1240.50--039.3
2024 Regular SeasonEast Carolina123460.51-039.3

Related Context

D'Anta Johnson played DL for East Carolina. Across 5 tracked seasons, D'Anta Johnson recorded 92 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with East Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

East Carolina paired 2 primary output with 24.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 6.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · East Carolina

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

6.1

Usage

1.8

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Cincinnati

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UCF: 0. Houston: 0. Cincinnati: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCF: 1 by 4.2. Houston: 1 by 4.2. Cincinnati: 0 by 10

Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 2 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Cincinnati

Best efficiency game

10 vs Cincinnati

Result
Fri 11/26vs CincinnatiL 13-3500000
Sat 10/23@ HoustonL 24-3111000
Sat 10/9@ UCFL 16-2011000

Player Story

D'Anta Johnson story

D'Anta Johnson built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Dinwiddie, VA wearing No. 56, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of D'Anta Johnson's career was his defensive production: 92 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 33 career games in the available record. That gives D'Anta Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    East Carolina

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202020212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonEast Carolina224.210.7
2021 Regular SeasonEast Carolina16.11.8-1
2022 Regular SeasonEast Carolina317.53.62
2023 Regular SeasonEast Carolina1425.27.411
2024 PostseasonEast Carolina819.95-6
2024 Regular SeasonEast Carolina819.950

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Tulane

Week 10 · L 10-13 · Conference game

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4.5

Havoc Plays

90 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.

#2

@ UTSA

Week 9 · L 27-41 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

75.1 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.1 takeover score.

#3

@ North Texas

Week 13 · W 40-28 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#4

vs SMU

Week 13 · W 52-38 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

71.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Florida Atlantic

Week 11 · W 22-7 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

65.6 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · East Carolina

2 primary output · 24.2 efficiency · 10.7 usage

56.9

#2

2023 Regular Season · East Carolina

52.4

14 primary · 25.2 efficiency · 7.4 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · East Carolina

39.3

8 primary · 19.9 efficiency · 5 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games