Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025South Alabama
Stephen Johnson
DL • 6'3" • 324 lbs • Fayetteville, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Stephen Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
20
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
37
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Auburn • South Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
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- Committed To
- Auburn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Stephen Johnson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Alabama. Stephen Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 16
- TFL
- 1.5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Stephen Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Alabama · DL
- Career Tackles
- 16
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · South Alabama
- Top game
- Louisiana
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Whitewater · Auburn
- High school pipeline
- Whitewater · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · DL 463rd (top 43%) · Sun Belt 263rd (top 42%) · National 2,387th (top 39%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Alabama | 10 | 16 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 34.6 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Unlisted to South Alabama | Unlisted to G5/FCS | 80 | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 2024 | Auburn to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 21.2 | Dec 4, 2023 |
Stephen Johnson played DL for Auburn and South Alabama. Across 2 tracked seasons, Stephen Johnson recorded 16 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with South Alabama.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
South Alabama paired 2.5 primary output with 9.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 9.2 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Auburn, South Alabama.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · South Alabama
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
9.2
Usage
2.3
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Louisiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Morgan State: 0. Tulane: 0.5. Coastal Carolina: 0. North Texas: 0. Arkansas State: 0. Georgia State: 0. Louisiana: 1. UL Monroe: 1. Southern Miss: 0. Texas State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Morgan State: 3 by 12.5. Tulane: 1 by 9.2. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 8.3. North Texas: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana: 4 by 26.7. UL Monroe: 1 by 14.2. Southern Miss: 1 by 4.2. Texas State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Louisiana
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs Louisiana
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Texas State | L 26-49 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Southern Miss | W 42-35 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ UL Monroe | W 26-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Louisiana | L 22-31 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/23 | @ Georgia State | W 38-31 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 10/14 | vs Arkansas State | L 14-15 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ North Texas | L 22-36 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Coastal Carolina | L 20-38 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Tulane | L 31-33 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Morgan State | W 38-21 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Auburn
2023
Opening stop
- 2
South Alabama
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20232025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Auburn | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Alabama | 2.5 | 9.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 105 Louisiana
Week 10 · L 22-31 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 131 UL Monroe
Week 12 · W 26-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
41.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.4 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 45 Tulane
Week 2 · L 31-33
0.5
Havoc Plays
33.1 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 33.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Morgan State
Week 1 · W 38-21
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Havoc Plays
10 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 121 Coastal Carolina
Week 4 · L 20-38 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
7.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · South Alabama
2.5 primary output · 9.2 efficiency · 2.3 usage
34.6
#2
2023 Regular Season · Auburn
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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