Player Dossier

2020-2024

TCU

Johnny Hodges

LB • 6'2" • 240 lbs • Darnestown, MD, USA

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Johnny Hodges shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

32%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

39

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

34

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · TCU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Navy • TCU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Player Story

Johnny Hodges built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Darnestown, MD wearing No. 57, spending time with Navy and TCU. The clearest part of Johnny Hodges' career was his defensive...

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Johnny Hodges, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · TCU. Johnny Hodges shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
251
TFL
20
Sacks
6
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Johnny Hodges quick answers

Latest team and position
TCU · LB
Career Tackles
251
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 41 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · TCU
Top game
SMU
Latest roster
No. 57 · Junior
2024 Tackles rank
89 tackles · LB 66th (top 6%) · Big 12 9th (top 2%) · National 92nd (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonNavy41310--017.4
2021 Regular SeasonNavy9503134063.9
2022 Regular SeasonTCU12767.5211067.7
2023 Regular SeasonTCU323421-075.5
2024 PostseasonTCU132-01-055
2024 Regular SeasonTCU13874.511-055

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2022Navy to TCUG5/FCS to P479.8Nov 29, 2021

Johnny Hodges played LB for Navy and TCU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Johnny Hodges recorded 251 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with TCU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

TCU paired 7 primary output with 55.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 34.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Navy, TCU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2024 Postseason · TCU

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

34.3

Usage

9.2

Consistency

46.8

Best Game by takeover score

Baylor

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 1. Stanford: 0. Long Island University: 0. UCF: 2. SMU: 0. Kansas: 1. Houston: 0.5. Utah: 0.5. Texas Tech: 0. Baylor: 2. Oklahoma State: 0.5. Arizona: 0. Cincinnati: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana: 2 by 18.3. Stanford: 9 by 37.5. Long Island University: 7 by 29.2. UCF: 8 by 53.3. SMU: 6 by 25. Kansas: 8 by 43.3. Houston: 8 by 38.3. Utah: 4 by 21.7. Texas Tech: 8 by 33.3. Baylor: 8 by 53.3. Oklahoma State: 5 by 25.8. Arizona: 7 by 29.2. Cincinnati: 9 by 37.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.3 · Games = 9 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Baylor

Best efficiency game

53.3 vs Baylor

Result
Sat 12/28vs LouisianaW 34-320000
Sat 11/30@ CincinnatiW 20-1395000
Sat 11/23vs ArizonaW 49-2873000
Sun 11/10vs Oklahoma StateW 38-13500.5000
Sun 11/3@ BaylorSplash gameL 34-3787110
Sat 10/26vs Texas TechW 35-3483000
Sun 10/20@ UtahW 13-7430.5000
Fri 10/4vs HoustonL 19-30850.5000
Sat 9/28@ KansasW 38-2788000
Sat 9/21@ SMUL 42-6662000
Sat 9/14vs UCFSplash gameL 34-3583200
Sun 9/8vs Long Island UniversityW 45-071000
Sat 8/31@ StanfordW 34-2797000

Player Story

Johnny Hodges story

Johnny Hodges built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Darnestown, MD wearing No. 57, spending time with Navy and TCU. The clearest part of Johnny Hodges' career was his defensive production: 251 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 1 interception across 41 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with TCU. 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 Johnny Hodges' production has multiple signals. His career also includes 12 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 41 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Navy and TCU.

The arc is straightforward: Johnny Hodges 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. 1

    Navy

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    TCU

    2022-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202020212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonNavy116.14.4
2021 Regular SeasonNavy1235.69.111
2022 Regular SeasonTCU11.5369.9-0.5
2023 Regular SeasonTCU755.313.6-4.5
2024 PostseasonTCU7.534.39.20.5
2024 Regular SeasonTCU7.534.39.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs SMU

Week 6 · L 24-31 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

93.3 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 93.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Tulsa

Week 9 · W 20-17 · 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

@ SMU

Week 4 · W 42-34

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.

#4

@ Houston

Week 3 · W 36-13 · 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.

#5

@ Baylor

Week 10 · L 34-37 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

84.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · TCU

7 primary output · 55.3 efficiency · 13.6 usage

75.5

#2

2022 Regular Season · TCU

67.7

11.5 primary · 36 efficiency · 9.9 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Navy

63.9

12 primary · 35.6 efficiency · 9.1 usage

Milestones

14

Impact games

11

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games