Player Dossier

2010-2013

NC State

Dontae Johnson

CB • 6'2" • Pennington, NJ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dontae Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a corner

lowelite

Reliability

95

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

90

Elite ceiling indicators

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · NC State

10111213

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Player Story

Dontae Johnson built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a cornerback from Pennington, NJ wearing No. 25, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Dontae Johnson's career was his defensive...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2010 · Rating 0.8822

The Pennington School · Pennington, NJ

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2010

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2014
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 29
Overall
No. 129
NFL Team
San Francisco 49ers

Dontae Johnson, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · NC State. Dontae Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30 disruption score.

Quick Answers

Dontae Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
NC State · CB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 6 games
Best season
2013 Regular Season · NC State
Top game
Florida State
Recruit profile
3-star · The Pennington School · NC State
High school pipeline
The Pennington School · 5 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2014 · Round 4 · Pick 29 · San Francisco 49ers
Latest roster
No. 25 · Class 2013

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2010 Regular SeasonNC State40-0--050
2011 Regular SeasonNC State00-0--0-
2012 Regular SeasonNC State00-0--0-
2013 Regular SeasonNC State20-0--067.4

Related Context

Dontae Johnson is listed as a CB for NC State. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

NC State paired 3 primary output with 30 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 30 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2013 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

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

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2013 Regular Season · NC State

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

30

Usage

Consistency

72.2

Best Game by takeover score

Florida State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 1. Florida State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half1 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half2 · Games = 1 · +1 vs First Half

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida State

Best efficiency game

40 vs Florida State

Result
Sat 10/26@ Florida StateSplash gameL 17-492
Sat 10/5@ Wake ForestL 13-281

Player Story

Dontae Johnson story

Dontae Johnson built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a cornerback from Pennington, NJ wearing No. 25, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Dontae Johnson's career was his defensive production: 3 interceptions across 6 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with NC 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 Dontae Johnson's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 40 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 6 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across NC State.

The arc is straightforward: Dontae 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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    NC State

    2010-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2010201120122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2010 Regular SeasonNC State00
2011 Regular SeasonNC State00
2012 Regular SeasonNC State00
2013 Regular SeasonNC State3303

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Florida State

Week 9 · L 17-49 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#2

@ Wake Forest

Week 6 · L 13-28 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

35 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.

#3

@ Maryland

Week 13 · L 31-38 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#4

vs Wake Forest

Week 11 · W 38-3 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#5

vs Boston College

Week 6 · W 44-17 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · NC State

3 primary output · 30 efficiency · usage

67.4

#2

2010 Regular Season · NC State

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · NC State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games