JaCorey Johns: DL · Wake Forest · #4.
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JaCorey Johns
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fourth year in the Wake Forest defensive front. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against North Carolina — Week 11, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 30 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 16 | 6 | 4.0 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 32 | 17 | 6.5 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 53 | 29 | 8.0 | 3.0 |
| Career | 131 | 64 | 21.5 | 8.5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 44-10vs VMI | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-25@ Vanderbilt | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-36vs Liberty | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 45-51vs No. 5 Clemson | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-21@ No. 23 Florida State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 43-15vs Boston College | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-30@ No. 21 NC State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 34-36vs No. 15 North Carolina | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 45-35vs Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-34@ Duke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 3 · 2022
W 37-36
vs Liberty
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Edged out Liberty at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%3 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackHurry rate
17%5 hurries30 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack.
4 seasons under Dave Clawson — 31-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
49.1%
474 pass / 491 run
Plays / game
74.2
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
538 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #321 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Wake Forest, 8 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 37 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Clawson.
