Player Dossier

2012-2016

Arkansas

Taiwan Johnson

DL • 6'2" • Manvel, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Taiwan Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

88%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

90

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Arkansas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Arkansas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech

Player Story

Taiwan Johnson built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Manvel, TX wearing No. 94, spending time with Arkansas. The clearest part of Taiwan Johnson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.9011

Manvel · Manvel, TX

Committed To
Arkansas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Taiwan Johnson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Arkansas. Taiwan Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
29
TFL
5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Taiwan Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Arkansas · DL
Career Tackles
29
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 12 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Arkansas
Top game
Virginia Tech
Recruit profile
4-star · Manvel · Arkansas
High school pipeline
Manvel · 59 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 94 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
29 tackles · DL 183rd (top 27%) · SEC 181st (top 30%) · National 1,493rd (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonArkansas00-0--0-
2013 Regular SeasonArkansas00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonArkansas00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonArkansas00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonArkansas1261.51--054.6
2016 Regular SeasonArkansas12233.5121054.6

Related Context

Taiwan Johnson played DL for Arkansas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Taiwan Johnson recorded 29 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Arkansas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Arkansas paired 10 primary output with 18.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · Arkansas

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

18.4

Usage

6

Consistency

50.2

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Virginia Tech: 2.5. Louisiana Tech: 2. TCU: 1. Texas State: 0. Texas A&M: 0.5. Alcorn State: 0.5. Alabama: 1. Ole Miss: 1. Auburn: 0. Florida: 0.5. LSU: 1. Missouri: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia Tech: 6 by 50. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 24.2. TCU: 3 by 22.5. Texas State: 1 by 4.2. Texas A&M: 5 by 25.8. Alcorn State: 1 by 9.2. Alabama: 2 by 18.3. Ole Miss: 2 by 18.3. Auburn: 2 by 8.3. Florida: 2 by 13.3. LSU: 2 by 18.3. Missouri: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · +0 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

Virginia Tech

Best efficiency game

50 vs Virginia Tech

Result
Thu 12/29@ Virginia TechSplash gameL 24-35621.5010
Fri 11/25@ MissouriL 24-2822000
Sun 11/13vs LSUL 10-3820001
Sat 11/5vs FloridaW 31-10200.5000
Sat 10/22@ AuburnL 3-5620000
Sat 10/15vs Ole MissW 34-3020000
Sat 10/8vs AlabamaL 30-4921100
Sat 10/1vs Alcorn StateW 52-10100.5000
Sun 9/25@ Texas A&ML 24-45510.5000
Sat 9/17vs Texas StateW 42-310000
Sat 9/10@ TCUW 41-3832000
Sat 9/3vs Louisiana TechSplash gameW 21-2011110

Player Story

Taiwan Johnson story

Taiwan Johnson built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Manvel, TX wearing No. 94, spending time with Arkansas. The clearest part of Taiwan Johnson's career was his defensive production: 29 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Taiwan Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Arkansas

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201220132014201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonArkansas0
2013 Regular SeasonArkansas00
2014 Regular SeasonArkansas00
2015 Regular SeasonArkansas00
2016 PostseasonArkansas1018.4610
2016 Regular SeasonArkansas1018.460

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Virginia Tech

Week 1 · L 24-35 · Postseason

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

83.3 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 1 · W 21-20

2

Havoc Plays

62.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Alabama

Week 6 · L 30-49 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

52.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.

#4

@ TCU

Week 2 · W 41-38

1

Havoc Plays

40 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

#5

@ Texas A&M

Week 4 · L 24-45 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

37.8 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 37.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Arkansas

10 primary output · 18.4 efficiency · 6 usage

54.6

#2

2016 Regular Season · Arkansas

54.6

10 primary · 18.4 efficiency · 6 usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · Arkansas

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games