Player Dossier

2023-2025

App State

Nate Johnson

DE • 6'5" • 252 lbs • Gaffney, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Nate Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.4

Efficiency

11.7

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

7.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · App State

23232425

Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
App State • Missouri
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Nate Johnson, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · App State. Nate Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

App State paired 17 primary output with 24.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across App State, Missouri.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Missouri

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

11.7

Usage

3.4

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma

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Game-by-Game Trend

123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 1. Alabama: 0. Oklahoma: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana: 1 by 14.2. Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

Losses0 · n=2
First Half0.5 · n=2
All Games0.3 · n=3

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Louisiana

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Louisiana

Result
Sat 11/22@ OklahomaL 6-1732000
Sat 10/11vs AlabamaL 24-2721000
Sat 9/13vs LouisianaW 52-1011100

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    App State

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Missouri

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

2023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonApp State1724.77.8
2023 Regular SeasonApp State1724.77.80
2024 Regular SeasonApp State622.66.6-11
2025 Regular SeasonMissouri111.73.4-5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Georgia Southern

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 66.2 takeover score.

#2

Old Dominion

4

Primary metric

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.

#3

James Madison

4

Primary metric

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 57.3 takeover score.

#4

Wyoming

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 41.6 takeover score.

#5

Louisiana

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Postseason · App State

17 primary output · 24.7 efficiency · 7.8 usage

24.3

#2

2023 Regular Season · App State

24.3

17 primary · 24.7 efficiency · 7.8 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · App State

14.3

6 primary · 22.6 efficiency · 6.6 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8096

Hough · Cornelius, NC

Committed To
App State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

77

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 25 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Nate Johnson quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DE
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
77