Player Dossier

2022-2025

App State

Ethan Johnson

DB • 5'11" • 195 lbs • Huntersville, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ethan Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · App State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
App State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: James Madison

Player Story

Ethan Johnson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Huntersville, NC wearing No. 2, spending time with App State. The clearest part of Ethan Johnson's career was his defensive...

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Ethan Johnson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · App State. Ethan Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
136
TFL
6
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
25

Quick Answers

Ethan Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
App State · DB
Career Tackles
136
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 43 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · App State
Top game
James Madison
High school pipeline
Hough · 37 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
44 tackles · DB 181st (top 19%) · Sun Belt 98th (top 16%) · National 772nd (top 13%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonApp State615-0-1010.1
2023 PostseasonApp State141-0--054.4
2023 Regular SeasonApp State145440-11054.4
2024 Regular SeasonApp State1022-012014.2
2025 PostseasonApp State13410--050.3
2025 Regular SeasonApp State134010-11050.3

Related Context

Ethan Johnson played DB for App State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ethan Johnson recorded 136 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with App State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

App State paired 16 primary output with 27.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 24.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Postseason · App State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

24.9

Usage

3.8

Consistency

57.1

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia Southern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Southern: 2. Charlotte: 1. Lindenwood: 2.5. Southern Miss: 1. Boise State: 0. Oregon State: 2. Georgia State: 2. Coastal Carolina: 0. Old Dominion: 0.5. Georgia Southern: 2. James Madison: 0. Marshall: 0. Arkansas State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia Southern: 4 by 36.7. Charlotte: 2 by 18.3. Lindenwood: 2 by 33.3. Southern Miss: 3 by 22.5. Boise State: 3 by 12.5. Oregon State: 2 by 28.3. Georgia State: 3 by 32.5. Coastal Carolina: 4 by 16.7. Old Dominion: 3 by 17.5. Georgia Southern: 3 by 32.5. James Madison: 1 by 4.2. Marshall: 4 by 16.7. Arkansas State: 10 by 51.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.5 · Games = 5 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 8 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Georgia Southern

Best efficiency game

51.7 vs Arkansas State

Result
Mon 12/29vs Georgia SouthernSplash gameL 10-29441010
Sat 11/29vs Arkansas State10+ tacklesL 29-30107001
Sat 11/22vs MarshallW 26-2443000
Sat 11/15@ James MadisonL 10-5811000
Fri 11/7vs Georgia SouthernSplash gameL 23-2533002
Sat 10/25@ Old DominionL 21-24300.5000
Sat 10/18vs Coastal CarolinaL 37-4543000
Sat 10/11@ Georgia StateSplash gameW 41-2030002
Sat 10/4vs Oregon StateSplash gameW 27-2322002
Sat 9/27@ Boise StateL 14-4732000
Sat 9/13@ Southern MissL 22-3832001
Sat 9/6vs LindenwoodSplash gameW 20-13210.5002
Fri 8/29@ CharlotteW 34-1121001

Player Story

Ethan Johnson story

Ethan Johnson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Huntersville, NC wearing No. 2, spending time with App State. The clearest part of Ethan Johnson's career was his defensive production: 136 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 25 passes defended across 43 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with App 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 Ethan Johnson's production has multiple signals. With 43 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across App State.

The arc is straightforward: Ethan 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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    App State

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202220232023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonApp State112.12
2023 PostseasonApp State1627.8515
2023 Regular SeasonApp State1627.850
2024 Regular SeasonApp State312.21.9-13
2025 PostseasonApp State1424.93.811
2025 Regular SeasonApp State1424.93.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ James Madison

Week 12 · W 26-23 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

78.3 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 103 Georgia Southern

Week 1 · L 10-29 · Postseason · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

72.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Troy

Week 14 · L 23-49 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Georgia Southern

Week 13 · L 48-51 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

62 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 62 takeover score.

#5

vs Southern Miss

Week 9 · W 48-38 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

55.3 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · App State

16 primary output · 27.8 efficiency · 5 usage

54.4

#2

2023 Regular Season · App State

54.4

16 primary · 27.8 efficiency · 5 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · App State

50.3

14 primary · 24.9 efficiency · 3.8 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

8

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games