Player Dossier

2024-2024

Southern Miss

Ryan Johnson

LB • 6'3" • 255 lbs • Starkville, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ryan Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

52%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

61

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

35

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

78

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana

Player Story

Ryan Johnson built his college career in 2024 as a linebacker from Starkville, MS wearing No. 23, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Ryan Johnson's career was his defensive production: 23 tackles,...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8356

Tylertown · Tylertown, MS

Committed To
Southern Miss
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Ryan Johnson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Ryan Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
23
TFL
4
Sacks
3
QB hurries
9

Quick Answers

Ryan Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Southern Miss · LB
Career Tackles
23
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 12 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Top game
Louisiana
Recruit profile
3-star · Tylertown · Southern Miss
High school pipeline
Tylertown · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 23 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
23 tackles · LB 544th (top 45%) · Sun Belt 209th (top 33%) · National 1,830th (top 30%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss1223439-056.4

Related Context

Ryan Johnson played LB for Southern Miss. Across 1 tracked season, Ryan Johnson recorded 23 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Southern Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Southern Miss paired 16 primary output with 21.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 21.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

21.3

Usage

8

Consistency

37.8

Best Game by takeover score

Louisiana

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 1. SE Louisiana: 1. South Florida: 3.5. Jacksonville State: 0.5. Louisiana: 4. UL Monroe: 1. Arkansas State: 2. James Madison: 2. Marshall: 0. Texas State: 0. South Alabama: 0. Troy: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kentucky: 0 by 10. SE Louisiana: 0 by 10. South Florida: 4 by 51.7. Jacksonville State: 4 by 21.7. Louisiana: 4 by 56.7. UL Monroe: 3 by 22.5. Arkansas State: 0 by 20. James Madison: 4 by 36.7. Marshall: 1 by 4.2. Texas State: 1 by 4.2. South Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Troy: 0 by 10

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1 · Games = 1 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 11 · +0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Louisiana

Best efficiency game

56.7 vs Louisiana

Result
Sat 11/30@ TroyL 20-5200000
Sat 11/23vs South AlabamaL 14-3521000
Sun 11/17@ Texas StateL 3-5810000
Sat 11/9vs MarshallL 3-3711000
Sat 10/26@ James MadisonSplash gameL 15-3243110
Sat 10/19vs Arkansas StateSplash gameL 28-4400000
Sat 10/12@ UL MonroeL 21-3831000
Sat 10/5vs LouisianaSplash gameL 13-2341110
Sat 9/21@ Jacksonville StateL 7-44430.5000
Sat 9/14vs South FloridaSplash gameL 24-49421.5010
Sat 9/7vs SE LouisianaW 35-1000000
Sat 8/31@ KentuckyL 0-3100000

Player Story

Ryan Johnson story

Ryan Johnson built his college career in 2024 as a linebacker from Starkville, MS wearing No. 23, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Ryan Johnson's career was his defensive production: 23 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, and 3 sacks across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Ryan Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Southern Miss

    2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss1621.38

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Louisiana

Week 6 · L 13-23 · Conference game

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#2

vs South Florida

Week 3 · L 24-49

3.5

Havoc Plays

79.7 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.

#3

@ James Madison

Week 9 · L 15-32 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

55.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.

#4

vs Arkansas State

Week 8 · L 28-44 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

54.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.

#5

@ UL Monroe

Week 7 · L 21-38 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

45.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss

16 primary output · 21.3 efficiency · 8 usage

56.4

Milestones

2

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games