Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2024Michigan
Will Johnson
DB • 6'2" • 202 lbs • Detroit, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Will Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
83
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
90
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
Will Johnson built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a defensive back from Detroit, MI wearing No. 2, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Will Johnson's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 15
- Overall
- No. 47
- NFL Team
- Arizona Cardinals
Will Johnson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Michigan. Will Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 60
- TFL
- 3
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 12
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Will Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan · DB
- Career Tackles
- 60
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Michigan
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Grosse Pointe South · Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Grosse Pointe South · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 2 · Pick 15 · Arizona Cardinals
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Junior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 14 tackles · DB 532nd (top 55%) · Big Ten 323rd (top 40%) · National 2,546th (top 42%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Michigan | 10 | 23 | 1 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 41.7 |
| 2023 Postseason | Michigan | 11 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 53.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Michigan | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | 2 | 53.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Michigan | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 54.3 |
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Will Johnson played DB for Michigan. Across 3 tracked seasons, Will Johnson recorded 60 tackles and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Michigan paired 7 primary output with 25.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 25.7 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: Arkansas State
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Michigan
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
25.7
Usage
6.7
Consistency
58.1
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Fresno State: 2. Texas: 0. Arkansas State: 3. USC: 2. Washington: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Fresno State: 3 by 32.5. Texas: 3 by 12.5. Arkansas State: 4 by 46.7. USC: 1 by 24.2. Washington: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins2.3 · Games = 3 · +2.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -2.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas State
Best efficiency game
46.7 vs Arkansas State
Player Story
Will Johnson story
Will Johnson built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a defensive back from Detroit, MI wearing No. 2, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Will Johnson's career was his defensive production: 60 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 9 interceptions, and 12 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Michigan. 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 Will Johnson's production has multiple signals. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Michigan.
The arc is straightforward: Will 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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Michigan
2022-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Michigan | 9 | 18.6 | 4.2 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Michigan | 9 | 17.8 | 5.2 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Michigan | 9 | 17.8 | 5.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Michigan | 7 | 25.7 | 6.7 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Purdue
Week 14 · W 43-22 · Conference game
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
83.3 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Arkansas State
Week 3 · W 28-18
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Purdue
Week 10 · W 41-13 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
61.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Fresno State
Week 1 · W 30-10
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Havoc Plays
54.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Ohio State
Week 13 · W 30-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
50.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Michigan
7 primary output · 25.7 efficiency · 6.7 usage
54.3
#2
2023 Postseason · Michigan
53.2
9 primary · 17.8 efficiency · 5.2 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Michigan
53.2
9 primary · 17.8 efficiency · 5.2 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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