Player Dossier

2024-2025

Kennesaw State

Donelius Johnson

LB • 6'0" • 226 lbs • Patterson, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

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

Usage / Role

80%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

98

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

71

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

85

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kennesaw State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Kennesaw State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA

Player Story

Donelius Johnson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Patterson, GA, spending time with Kennesaw State. The clearest part of Donelius Johnson's career was his defensive production: 89...

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Donelius Johnson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kennesaw State. Donelius Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
89
TFL
8
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Donelius Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Kennesaw State · LB
Career Tackles
89
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 13 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Kennesaw State
Top game
UTSA
Latest roster
No. 0 · Junior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonKennesaw State128983.51-067.7
2025 Regular SeasonKennesaw State00-0--0-

Related Context

Donelius Johnson played LB for Kennesaw State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Donelius Johnson recorded 89 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Kennesaw State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Kennesaw State paired 12.5 primary output with 39.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 39.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UTSA

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Kennesaw State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.0

Efficiency

39.2

Usage

9.6

Consistency

51.4

Best Game by takeover score

UTSA

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UTSA: 4.5. Louisiana: 0. San José State: 1. UT Martin: 0. Jacksonville State: 0. Middle Tennessee: 1.5. Liberty: 0. Western Kentucky: 1. UTEP: 1. Sam Houston: 2.5. Florida International: 1. Louisiana Tech: 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.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTSA: 7 by 74.2. Louisiana: 1 by 4.2. San José State: 6 by 35. UT Martin: 5 by 20.8. Jacksonville State: 8 by 33.3. Middle Tennessee: 7 by 44.2. Liberty: 6 by 25. Western Kentucky: 5 by 30.8. UTEP: 15 by 60. Sam Houston: 15 by 75. Florida International: 7 by 39.2. Louisiana Tech: 7 by 29.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 10 · +0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UTSA

Best efficiency game

75 vs Sam Houston

Result
Sat 11/30@ Louisiana TechL 0-3373000
Sat 11/23vs Florida InternationalW 27-2670000
Sat 11/16vs Sam Houston10+ tackles · Splash gameL 17-231591.5010
Sat 11/9@ UTEP10+ tacklesL 35-431580.500.500
Wed 10/30@ Western KentuckyL 14-3155100
Wed 10/23vs LibertyW 27-2464000
Wed 10/16@ Middle TennesseeL 5-14731.5000
Fri 10/4vs Jacksonville StateL 24-6382000
Sat 9/28vs UT MartinL 13-2450000
Sat 9/14@ San José StateL 10-3160100
Sat 9/7vs LouisianaL 10-3410000
Sat 8/31@ UTSA2+ sacks · Splash gameL 16-28742.5020

Player Story

Donelius Johnson story

Donelius Johnson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Patterson, GA, spending time with Kennesaw State. The clearest part of Donelius Johnson's career was his defensive production: 89 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, and 3.5 sacks across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Kennesaw State. 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 Donelius Johnson's production has multiple signals. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kennesaw State.

The arc is straightforward: Donelius 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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    Kennesaw State

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonKennesaw State12.539.29.6
2025 Regular SeasonKennesaw State0-12.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UTSA

Week 1 · L 16-28

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4.5

Havoc Plays

91.4 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Sam Houston

Week 10

3

Havoc Plays

85.9 takeover

Game with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Sam Houston

Week 12 · L 17-23 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

76.9 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.

#4

@ UTEP

Week 11 · L 35-43 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

60.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.7 takeover score.

#5

@ Middle Tennessee

Week 8 · L 5-14 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

55.3 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Kennesaw State

12.5 primary output · 39.2 efficiency · 9.6 usage

67.7

#2

2025 Regular Season · Kennesaw State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

3

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games