Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2024-2025South Carolina
Fred Johnson
LB • 6'3" • 244 lbs • Norfolk, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Fred Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
75
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
61
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- South Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Clemson
Player Story
Fred Johnson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Norfolk, VA, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Fred Johnson's career was his defensive production: 68 tackles,...
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- Committed To
- South Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Fred Johnson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Carolina. Fred Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 68
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Fred Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Carolina · LB
- Career Tackles
- 68
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · South Carolina
- Top game
- Clemson
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Maury · South Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Maury · 17 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 0 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 62 tackles · LB 210th (top 17%) · SEC 47th (top 7%) · National 379th (top 7%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | South Carolina | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Carolina | 4 | 5 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 12.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Carolina | 12 | 62 | 3.5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 64.6 |
Related Context
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Fred Johnson played LB for South Carolina. Across 2 tracked seasons, Fred Johnson recorded 68 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with South Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
South Carolina paired 12.5 primary output with 31.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 31.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Clemson
Loss with 3 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 Carolina
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.0
Efficiency
31.9
Usage
9
Consistency
51.4
Best Game by takeover score
Clemson
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Virginia Tech: 2. South Carolina State: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Missouri: 3. Kentucky: 0. LSU: 1. Oklahoma: 0.5. Alabama: 1. Ole Miss: 1. Texas A&M: 1. Coastal Carolina: 0. Clemson: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia Tech: 10 by 61.7. South Carolina State: 3 by 12.5. Vanderbilt: 2 by 8.3. Missouri: 5 by 50.8. Kentucky: 6 by 25. LSU: 3 by 22.5. Oklahoma: 5 by 25.8. Alabama: 3 by 22.5. Ole Miss: 5 by 30.8. Texas A&M: 8 by 43.3. Coastal Carolina: 4 by 16.7. Clemson: 8 by 63.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 8 · +0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Clemson
Best efficiency game
63.3 vs Clemson
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs ClemsonSplash game | L 14-28 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Coastal Carolina | W 51-7 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Texas A&M | L 30-31 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Ole Miss | L 14-30 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Alabama | L 22-29 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Oklahoma | L 7-26 | 5 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ LSU | L 10-20 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Kentucky | W 35-13 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ MissouriSplash game | L 20-29 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Vanderbilt | L 7-31 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs South Carolina State | W 38-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Virginia Tech10+ tackles · Splash game | W 24-11 | 10 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Fred Johnson story
Fred Johnson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Norfolk, VA, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Fred Johnson's career was his defensive production: 68 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with South Carolina. 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 Fred Johnson's production has multiple signals. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Carolina.
The arc is straightforward: Fred 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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South Carolina
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | South Carolina | 1 | 8.8 | 3 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Carolina | 1 | 8.8 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Carolina | 12.5 | 31.9 | 9 | 11.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 34 Clemson
Week 14 · L 14-28
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 21 Missouri
Week 4 · L 20-29 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 105 Virginia Tech
Week 1 · W 24-11
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Akron
Week 4 · W 50-7
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Havoc Plays
61.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 7 Ole Miss
Week 10 · L 14-30 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
50 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · South Carolina
12.5 primary output · 31.9 efficiency · 9 usage
64.6
#2
2024 Postseason · South Carolina
12.4
1 primary · 8.8 efficiency · 3 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · South Carolina
12.4
1 primary · 8.8 efficiency · 3 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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