Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Duke
Kendall Johnson
LB • 6'3" • 225 lbs • Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kendall Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Duke
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Duke
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Player Story
Kendall Johnson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Gaithersburg, MD wearing No. 42, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Kendall Johnson's career was his defensive...
Read the storyKendall Johnson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Duke. Kendall Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 56
- TFL
- 5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Kendall Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Duke · LB
- Career Tackles
- 56
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Duke
- Top game
- Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Quince Orchard · 20 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 42 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 37 tackles · LB 402nd (top 32%) · ACC 145th (top 19%) · National 1,038th (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Duke | 3 | 7 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 31 |
| 2024 Postseason | Duke | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 7.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Duke | 7 | 10 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 7.2 |
| 2025 Postseason | Duke | 9 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 58.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Duke | 9 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 58.9 |
Related Context
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Kendall Johnson played LB for Duke. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kendall Johnson recorded 56 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Duke.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Duke paired 10 primary output with 28.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 28.2 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: Illinois
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Duke
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
28.2
Usage
6.3
Consistency
54.9
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 0. Elon: 1. Illinois: 3.5. Tulane: 0.5. NC State: 1. Georgia Tech: 1. North Carolina: 0. Wake Forest: 1. Virginia: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona State: 3 by 12.5. Elon: 3 by 22.5. Illinois: 8 by 68.3. Tulane: 5 by 25.8. NC State: 3 by 22.5. Georgia Tech: 3 by 22.5. North Carolina: 6 by 25. Wake Forest: 4 by 26.7. Virginia: 2 by 28.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 6 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1.7 · Games = 3 · +0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
68.3 vs Illinois
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/31 | vs Arizona State | W 42-39 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/7 | @ VirginiaSplash game | W 27-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Wake Forest | W 49-32 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ North Carolina | W 32-25 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Georgia Tech | L 18-27 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs NC State | W 45-33 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/14 | @ Tulane | L 27-34 | 5 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs IllinoisSplash game | L 19-45 | 8 | 4 | — | 2.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Elon | W 45-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kendall Johnson story
Kendall Johnson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Gaithersburg, MD wearing No. 42, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Kendall Johnson's career was his defensive production: 56 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 19 career games in the available record. That gives Kendall Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Duke
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Duke | 2.5 | 18.1 | 6 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Duke | 0.5 | 7.9 | 1.3 | -2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Duke | 0.5 | 7.9 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Duke | 10 | 28.2 | 6.3 | 9.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Duke | 10 | 28.2 | 6.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 24 Illinois
Week 2 · L 19-45 · Ranked opponent
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
89.4 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 89.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Northwestern
Week 3 · W 38-14
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 31 Virginia
Week 15 · W 27-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
43.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.2 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 35 Georgia Tech
Week 8 · L 18-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
41.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.2 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 45 Tulane
Week 3 · L 27-34
0.5
Havoc Plays
31.1 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 31.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Duke
10 primary output · 28.2 efficiency · 6.3 usage
58.9
#2
2025 Regular Season · Duke
58.9
10 primary · 28.2 efficiency · 6.3 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Duke
31
2.5 primary · 18.1 efficiency · 6 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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