Player Dossier

2013-2023

Syracuse

Isaiah Johnson

DB • 6'3" • 205 lbs • New Castle, DE, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Isaiah Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26 disruption score.

Usage / Role

47%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

56

Solid production for a defensive back

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Reliability

58

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

65

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Syracuse

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Syracuse
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Player Story

Isaiah Johnson built his college career from 2013 through 2023 as a defensive back from New Castle, DE wearing No. 20, spending time with Syracuse. The clearest part of Isaiah Johnson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.8186

Eastern Christian · Elkton, MD

Committed To
Syracuse
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Isaiah Johnson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Syracuse. Isaiah Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
105
TFL
1
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Isaiah Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Syracuse · DB
Career Tackles
105
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Syracuse
Top game
Pittsburgh
Recruit profile
3-star · Eastern Christian · Syracuse
High school pipeline
Eastern Christian · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 20 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
58 tackles · DB 83rd (top 9%) · ACC 42nd (top 7%) · National 399th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonSyracuse10-0--044.8
2014 Regular SeasonSyracuse00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonSyracuse947-0-1022.1
2023 Regular SeasonSyracuse125810-5053.2

Related Context

Isaiah Johnson played DB for Syracuse. Across 4 tracked seasons, Isaiah Johnson recorded 105 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Syracuse.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Syracuse paired 7 primary output with 26 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 26 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Syracuse

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

26

Usage

5

Consistency

45.2

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. Colgate: 1. Western Michigan: 1. Purdue: 1. Army: 0. Clemson: 0. North Carolina: 0. Florida State: 0. Virginia Tech: 2. Boston College: 1. Pittsburgh: 0. Georgia Tech: 1. Wake Forest: 0

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Colgate: 5 by 30.8. Western Michigan: 9 by 47.5. Purdue: 5 by 30.8. Army: 4 by 16.7. Clemson: 1 by 4.2. North Carolina: 4 by 16.7. Florida State: 4 by 16.7. Virginia Tech: 7 by 49.2. Boston College: 6 by 35. Pittsburgh: 5 by 20.8. Georgia Tech: 3 by 22.5. Wake Forest: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 6 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.2 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

49.2 vs Virginia Tech

Result
Sat 11/25vs Wake ForestW 35-3154000
Sun 11/19@ Georgia TechL 22-31330010
Sat 11/11vs PittsburghW 28-1354000
Fri 11/3vs Boston CollegeL 10-1765001
Thu 10/26@ Virginia TechSplash gameL 10-3872002
Sat 10/14@ Florida StateL 3-4142000
Sat 10/7@ North CarolinaL 7-4042000
Sat 9/30vs ClemsonL 14-3111000
Sat 9/23vs ArmyW 29-1643000
Sat 9/16@ PurdueW 35-2054001
Sat 9/9vs Western MichiganW 48-795001
Sat 9/2vs ColgateW 65-052100

Player Story

Isaiah Johnson story

Isaiah Johnson built his college career from 2013 through 2023 as a defensive back from New Castle, DE wearing No. 20, spending time with Syracuse. The clearest part of Isaiah Johnson's career was his defensive production: 105 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 3 interceptions, and 6 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Isaiah Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Syracuse

    2013-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2013201420222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonSyracuse120
2014 Regular SeasonSyracuse0-1
2022 Regular SeasonSyracuse2243.92
2023 Regular SeasonSyracuse72655

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Pittsburgh

Week 10 · L 9-19 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

62.2 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Virginia Tech

Week 9 · L 10-38 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

60.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Wake Forest

Week 10 · W 13-0 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ Georgia Tech

Week 12 · L 22-31 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

57.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Western Michigan

Week 2 · W 48-7

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Havoc Plays

52.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Syracuse

7 primary output · 26 efficiency · 5 usage

53.2

#2

2013 Regular Season · Syracuse

44.8

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Syracuse

22.1

2 primary · 24 efficiency · 3.9 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games