Player Dossier

2021-2022

Louisiana Tech

DJ Johnson

DL • 6'4" • 222 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

DJ Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

14

Developing production for a defensive lineman

lowelite

Reliability

8

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

22

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Illinois • Louisiana Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.84

Hun School · Princeton, NJ

Committed To
Buffalo
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

DJ Johnson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Illinois. DJ Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
4

Quick Answers

DJ Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisiana Tech · DL
Career Tackles
4
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 2 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Illinois
Top game
Wisconsin
Recruit profile
3-star · Hun School · Buffalo
High school pipeline
Hun School · 51 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 47 · Sophomore

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois24-0--040
2022 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech00-0--0-

Related Context

DJ Johnson played DL for Illinois and Louisiana Tech. Across 2 tracked seasons, DJ Johnson recorded 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Illinois paired 0 primary output with 8.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Illinois, Louisiana Tech.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

8.4

Usage

1.4

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Wisconsin

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Game-by-Game Trend

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Charlotte: 0. Wisconsin: 0

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.

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wisconsin

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Wisconsin

Result
Sat 10/9vs WisconsinL 0-2431000
Sat 10/2vs CharlotteW 24-1411000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Illinois

    2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Louisiana Tech

    2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois08.41.4
2022 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Wisconsin

Week 6 · L 0-24 · Conference game

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

9.4 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Charlotte

Week 5 · W 24-14

0

Havoc Plays

3.9 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Illinois

0 primary output · 8.4 efficiency · 1.4 usage

40

#2

2022 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games