Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2023-2025East Carolina
DJ Johnson Jr.
LB • 6'0" • 221 lbs • Hampton, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DJ Johnson Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25 disruption score.
Impact Production
92
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · East Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Player Story
DJ Johnson Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Hampton, GA wearing No. 11, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of DJ Johnson Jr.'s career was his defensive...
Read the storyDJ Johnson Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · East Carolina. DJ Johnson Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 89
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
DJ Johnson Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- East Carolina · LB
- Career Tackles
- 89
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · East Carolina
- Top game
- UTSA
- High school pipeline
- Dutchtown · 14 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 60 tackles · LB 222nd (top 18%) · American Athletic 42nd (top 7%) · National 404th (top 7%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | East Carolina | 9 | 28 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 15.4 |
| 2025 Postseason | East Carolina | 13 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 56.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | East Carolina | 13 | 54 | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 56.2 |
Related Context
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DJ Johnson Jr. played LB for East Carolina. Across 3 tracked seasons, DJ Johnson Jr. recorded 89 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
East Carolina paired 7.5 primary output with 25 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 25 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
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 Postseason · East Carolina
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
25
Usage
6
Consistency
49.4
Best Game by takeover score
UTSA
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 1. NC State: 0. Campbell: 0. Coastal Carolina: 1. BYU: 0. Army: 1. Tulane: 0. Tulsa: 1. Temple: 0. Charlotte: 0.5. Memphis: 0.5. UTSA: 2. Florida Atlantic: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Pittsburgh: 6 by 35. NC State: 3 by 12.5. Campbell: 1 by 4.2. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 18.3. BYU: 2 by 8.3. Army: 8 by 43.3. Tulane: 5 by 20.8. Tulsa: 3 by 22.5. Temple: 4 by 16.7. Charlotte: 4 by 21.7. Memphis: 8 by 38.3. UTSA: 10 by 61.7. Florida Atlantic: 4 by 21.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 9 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UTSA
Best efficiency game
61.7 vs UTSA
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/27 | vs Pittsburgh | W 23-17 | 6 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Florida Atlantic | W 42-3 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ UTSA10+ tackles · Splash game | L 24-58 | 10 | 7 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Memphis | W 31-27 | 8 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Charlotte | W 48-22 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Temple | W 45-14 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/16 | vs Tulsa | W 41-27 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/9 | @ Tulane | L 19-26 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/25 | vs Army | W 28-6 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs BYU | L 13-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Coastal Carolina | W 38-0 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Campbell | W 56-3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | @ NC State | L 17-24 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
DJ Johnson Jr. story
DJ Johnson Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Hampton, GA wearing No. 11, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of DJ Johnson Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 89 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 23 career games in the available record. That gives DJ Johnson Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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East Carolina
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | East Carolina | 1 | 14.2 | 4.9 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | East Carolina | 1.5 | 14.6 | 2.8 | 0.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | East Carolina | 7.5 | 25 | 6 | 6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | East Carolina | 7.5 | 25 | 6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 62 UTSA
Week 13 · L 24-58 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 11 · W 49-14 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
68.1 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.1 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 74 Army
Week 5 · W 28-6 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
63 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63 takeover score.
#4
@ Navy
Week 12 · L 0-10 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
51.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 36 Pittsburgh
Week 1 · W 23-17 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
47.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · East Carolina
7.5 primary output · 25 efficiency · 6 usage
56.2
#2
2025 Regular Season · East Carolina
56.2
7.5 primary · 25 efficiency · 6 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · East Carolina
42.1
1 primary · 14.2 efficiency · 4.9 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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