Player Dossier

2011-2014

Tennessee

A.J. Johnson

LB • 6'2" • Gainesville, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

A.J. Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.

Usage / Role

0%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Tennessee

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Snapshot

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

Player Story

A.J. Johnson built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a linebacker from Gainesville, GA wearing No. 45, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of A.J. Johnson's career was his backfield work: 21...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.9391

Gainesville · Gainesville, GA

Committed To
Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

A.J. Johnson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Tennessee. A.J. Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

A.J. Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Tennessee · LB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 9 games
Best season
2014 Regular Season · Tennessee
Top game
Utah State
Recruit profile
4-star · Gainesville · Tennessee
High school pipeline
Gainesville · 24 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 45 · Class 2014

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonTennessee00-0--0-
2012 Regular SeasonTennessee70-0--650
2013 Regular SeasonTennessee00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonTennessee20-0--053.3

Related Context

A.J. Johnson played LB for Tennessee. Across 4 tracked seasons, A.J. Johnson recorded 21 rushing yards and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season

Tennessee paired 1 primary output with 10 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2014 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2012 Regular Season · Tennessee

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

0

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Kentucky

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Florida: 0. Akron: 0. Georgia: 0. Alabama: 0. South Carolina: 0. Missouri: 0. Kentucky: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kentucky

Best efficiency game

0 vs Kentucky

Result
Sat 11/24vs KentuckyW 37-17
Sat 11/10vs MissouriL 48-51
Sat 10/27@ South CarolinaL 35-38
Sat 10/20vs AlabamaL 13-44
Sat 9/29@ GeorgiaL 44-51
Sat 9/22vs AkronW 47-26
Sat 9/15vs FloridaL 20-37

Player Story

A.J. Johnson story

A.J. Johnson built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a linebacker from Gainesville, GA wearing No. 45, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of A.J. Johnson's career was his backfield work: 21 rushing yards, 13 carries, and 6 rushing touchdowns across 9 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Tennessee. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. With 9 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Tennessee.

The arc is straightforward: A.J. 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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    Tennessee

    2011-2014

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonTennessee0
2012 Regular SeasonTennessee000
2013 Regular SeasonTennessee00
2014 Regular SeasonTennessee1101

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Utah State

Week 1 · W 38-7

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

vs Kentucky

Week 13 · W 37-17 · 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.

#3

vs Missouri

Week 11 · L 48-51 · 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

@ South Carolina

Week 9 · L 35-38 · 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.

#5

vs Alabama

Week 8 · L 13-44 · 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.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2014 Regular Season · Tennessee

1 primary output · 10 efficiency · usage

53.3

#2

2012 Regular Season · Tennessee

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Tennessee

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games