Brandon Johnson: DB · Oregon · #3.
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Brandon Johnson
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. The four seasons span two programs and four head coaches: David Cutcliffe, Mike Elko, Trooper Taylor and Dan Lanning. First career honor, 2022: ACC Defensive Back Player of the Week. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Boise State — Week 2, 2024.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 4.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-14vs Idaho | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-34vs Boise State | 8 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 49-14@ Oregon State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-13@ UCLA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-10vs Michigan State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 32-31vs No. 2 Ohio State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-0@ Purdue | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-9vs No. 20 Illinois | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-17@ Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 39-18vs Maryland | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 16-13@ Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 49-21vs Washington | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 21-41vs No. 6 Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 21 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 5 |
Week 2 · 2024
W 37-34
vs Boise State
1.5 tackles for loss · 8 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Edged out Boise State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
42tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%4 TFL42 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 5 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Lanning
Pass share
48.7%
458 pass / 483 run
Plays / game
67.2
14 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
489 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #129 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Duke and Oregon, 157 tackles — drafted at #142 overall by the Arizona Cardinals.
A stat line in 44 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: David Cutcliffe, Mike Elko and Dan Lanning.
Next stop · NFL
Arizona CardinalsEntering 21st NFL season
Arizona CardinalsEntering 21st NFL season
