Player Dossier

2013-2016

Clemson

Jadar Johnson

S • 6'0" • Orangeburg, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

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

Usage / Role

55%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

49

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

51

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

46

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Clemson

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Clemson
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina

Player Story

Jadar Johnson built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a safety from Orangeburg, SC wearing No. 18, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Jadar Johnson's career was his defensive production: 60...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8148

Hamilton · Chandler, AZ

Committed To
Colorado State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Jadar Johnson, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Clemson. Jadar Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
60
TFL
2
Passes defended
7
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Jadar Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Clemson · S
Career Tackles
60
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Clemson
Top game
South Carolina
Recruit profile
3-star · Hamilton · Colorado State
High school pipeline
Hamilton · 51 FBS recruits · 6 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 18 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
60 tackles · S 83rd (top 22%) · ACC 57th (top 10%) · National 500th (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonClemson00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonClemson20-0--144.8
2015 Regular SeasonClemson40-0--024.8
2016 PostseasonClemson15110.50--054.3
2016 Regular SeasonClemson15491.50-7054.3

Related Context

Jadar Johnson played S for Clemson. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jadar Johnson recorded -1 receiving yards, 60 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Clemson.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Clemson paired 14 primary output with 26 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 26 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: South Carolina

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 93.3th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · Clemson

Games

15

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

26

Usage

4.4

Consistency

54.2

Best Game by takeover score

South Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0.5. Ohio State: 0. Auburn: 3. Troy: 1. South Carolina State: 1. Georgia Tech: 0. Louisville: 2. Boston College: 1. NC State: 1. Florida State: 1. Syracuse: 1. Pittsburgh: 0. Wake Forest: 0. South Carolina: 2.5. Virginia Tech: 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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 7 by 34.2. Ohio State: 4 by 16.7. Auburn: 2 by 38.3. Troy: 5 by 30.8. South Carolina State: 2 by 18.3. Georgia Tech: 2 by 8.3. Louisville: 7 by 49.2. Boston College: 2 by 18.3. NC State: 7 by 39.2. Florida State: 1 by 14.2. Syracuse: 7 by 39.2. Pittsburgh: 3 by 12.5. Wake Forest: 2 by 8.3. South Carolina: 3 by 37.5. Virginia Tech: 6 by 25

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 14 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

15 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

South Carolina

Best efficiency game

49.2 vs Louisville

Result
Tue 1/10@ AlabamaW 35-31740.5000
Sun 1/1vs Ohio StateW 31-043000
Sun 12/4@ Virginia TechW 42-3562000
Sun 11/27vs South CarolinaSplash gameW 56-7321.50010
Sun 11/20@ Wake ForestW 35-1322000
Sat 11/12vs PittsburghL 42-4332000
Sat 11/5vs SyracuseW 54-075001
Sun 10/30@ Florida StateW 37-34110010
Sat 10/15vs NC StateW 24-1774001
Fri 10/7@ Boston CollegeW 56-1022001
Sun 10/2vs LouisvilleSplash gameW 42-36740011
Thu 9/22@ Georgia TechW 26-722000
Sat 9/17vs South Carolina StateW 59-0220010
Sat 9/10vs TroyW 30-2454001
Sun 9/4@ AuburnSplash gameW 19-13220012

Player Story

Jadar Johnson story

Jadar Johnson built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a safety from Orangeburg, SC wearing No. 18, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Jadar Johnson's career was his defensive production: 60 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 9 interceptions, and 7 passes defended across 21 career games in the available record. His career also includes 24 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jadar Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Clemson

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonClemson0
2014 Regular SeasonClemson2202
2015 Regular SeasonClemson2100
2016 PostseasonClemson14264.412
2016 Regular SeasonClemson14264.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs South Carolina

Week 13 · W 56-7

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

72.5 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Florida State

Week 4 · L 17-23 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

vs South Carolina State

Week 2 · W 73-7

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ Miami

Week 8 · W 58-0 · 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.

#5

@ Louisville

Week 3 · W 20-17 · 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.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Clemson

14 primary output · 26 efficiency · 4.4 usage

54.3

#2

2016 Regular Season · Clemson

54.3

14 primary · 26 efficiency · 4.4 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Clemson

44.8

2 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games