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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 57
- TFL
- 1.5
- Sacks
- 0.5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
CJ Johnson quick answers
- 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%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Memphis | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Postseason | Sam Houston | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 22 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 22 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 10 | 41 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 38.2 |
Related Context
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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.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Sam Houston paired 2 primary output with 19.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
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 Memphis, Sam Houston.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
19.1
Usage
3.6
Consistency
3.3
Best Game by takeover score
Florida International
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Texas: 0. New Mexico State: 0. Jacksonville State: 0. UTEP: 0. Oregon State: 0. Delaware: 0. Florida International: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UNLV: 1 by 4.2. Western Kentucky: 8 by 33.3. Hawai'i: 8 by 33.3. Texas: 3 by 12.5. New Mexico State: 2 by 8.3. Jacksonville State: 1 by 4.2. UTEP: 6 by 25. Oregon State: 7 by 29.2. Delaware: 1 by 4.2. Florida International: 4 by 36.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida International
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Florida International
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Florida InternationalSplash game | L 16-56 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Delaware | W 26-23 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Oregon State | W 21-17 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/15 | vs UTEP | L 17-35 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/10 | vs Jacksonville State | L 27-29 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/3 | @ New Mexico State | L 10-37 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/21 | @ Texas | L 0-55 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/7 | @ Hawai'i | L 20-37 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs UNLV | L 21-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | @ Western Kentucky | L 24-41 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
CJ Johnson 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 production: 57 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 18 career games in the available record. That gives CJ Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Memphis
2023
Opening stop
- 2
Sam Houston
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Memphis | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Sam Houston | 1 | 9.6 | 2.9 | 1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 1 | 9.6 | 2.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 2 | 19.1 | 3.6 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Texas State
Week 5 · W 40-39
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
74.2 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 107 Florida International
Week 14 · L 16-56 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
74.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 68 Hawai'i
Week 2 · L 20-37
0
Havoc Plays
27.5 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 27.5 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 69 Western Kentucky
Week 1 · L 24-41 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
26.4 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 26.4 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 129 UTEP
Week 8 · L 17-35 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
21.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 21.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
2 primary output · 19.1 efficiency · 3.6 usage
38.2
#2
2024 Postseason · Sam Houston
22
1 primary · 9.6 efficiency · 2.9 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Sam Houston
22
1 primary · 9.6 efficiency · 2.9 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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