Leverick Johnson: DB · Western Kentucky · #1.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Leverick Johnson
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The three seasons at Western Kentucky span two head coaches: Jeff Brohm and Mike Sanford Jr.. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Louisiana Tech — Week 3, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Western Kentucky | 23 | 12 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016 | Western Kentucky | 45 | 32 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 |
| 2015 | Western Kentucky | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 68 | 44 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-17vs Eastern Kentucky | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-20@ Illinois | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 22-23vs Louisiana Tech | 5 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 35-31@ Old Dominion | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-42vs Florida Atlantic | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-30@ Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-38vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-41@ Florida International | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 12 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
13%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
23tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%3 TFL23 tackles · 3 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Sanford Jr.
Pass share
59.9%
577 pass / 387 run
Plays / game
74.2
13 games
Team sack rate
7.4%
635 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Western Kentucky, 68 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeff Brohm → Mike Sanford Jr.. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
