Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Sam Houston
CJ Johnson
LB • 6'0" • 230 lbs • Little Elm, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
CJ Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
37
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
33
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
52
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Memphis • Sam Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Player Story
CJ Johnson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Little Elm, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Memphis and Sam Houston. The clearest part of CJ Johnson's career was his defensive...
Read the storyCJ Johnson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston. CJ Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.1 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Sam Houston · LB
- Career Tackles
- 57
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
- Top game
- Texas State
- High school pipeline
- Archbishop Spalding · 14 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 41 tackles · LB 361st (top 29%) · Conference USA 70th (top 13%) · National 879th (top 15%)
CJ Johnson played LB for Memphis and Sam Houston. Across 3 tracked seasons, CJ Johnson recorded 57 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Sam Houston.
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