Usage / Role
42%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Notre Dame
Tae Johnson
S • 6'2" • 193 lbs • Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tae Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
77
High-end production for a safety
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Reliability
56
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Notre Dame
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Boston College
Player Story
Tae Johnson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a safety from Fort Wayne, IN wearing No. 9, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Tae Johnson's career was his defensive production: 51...
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- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Tae Johnson, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame. Tae Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 51
- TFL
- 0.5
- Passes defended
- 3
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Tae Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Notre Dame · S
- Career Tackles
- 51
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame
- Top game
- Boston College
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · North Side · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- North Side · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 48 tackles · S 124th (top 22%) · FBS Independents 11th (top 12%) · National 677th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 10 | 48 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 3 | 4 | 52.6 |
Related Context
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Tae Johnson played S for Notre Dame. Across 2 tracked seasons, Tae Johnson recorded 51 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Notre Dame.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Notre Dame paired 7.5 primary output with 27.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
27.5
Usage
5.3
Consistency
38.9
Best Game by takeover score
Boston College
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Miami: 0. Texas A&M: 1. Purdue: 0. Arkansas: 1. Boise State: 1. NC State: 0. USC: 0. Boston College: 3. Navy: 0. Pittsburgh: 1.5
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 1 by 4.2. Texas A&M: 6 by 35. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Arkansas: 5 by 30.8. Boise State: 5 by 30.8. NC State: 7 by 29.2. USC: 8 by 33.3. Boston College: 5 by 50.8. Navy: 4 by 16.7. Pittsburgh: 5 by 35.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Boston College
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs Boston College
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/15 | @ Pittsburgh | W 37-15 | 5 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Navy | W 49-10 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Boston CollegeSplash game | W 25-10 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs USC | W 34-24 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs NC State | W 36-7 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Boise State | W 28-7 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Arkansas | W 56-13 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Purdue | W 56-30 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Texas A&M | L 40-41 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | @ Miami | L 24-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Tae Johnson story
Tae Johnson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a safety from Fort Wayne, IN wearing No. 9, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Tae Johnson's career was his defensive production: 51 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions, and 3 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Notre Dame. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Tae Johnson's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 20 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Notre Dame.
The arc is straightforward: Tae Johnson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Notre Dame
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 6.3 | 1.1 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 7.5 | 27.5 | 5.3 | 7.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 97 Boston College
Week 10 · W 25-10
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 36 Pittsburgh
Week 12 · W 37-15
1.5
Havoc Plays
52.5 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 64 Boise State
Week 6 · W 28-7
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Havoc Plays
45 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 9 Texas A&M
Week 3 · L 40-41 · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
38 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 38 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 53 Arkansas
Week 5 · W 56-13
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Havoc Plays
34.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 34.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame
7.5 primary output · 27.5 efficiency · 5.3 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Notre Dame
38.5
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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