Former linebacker at California. 2024: 22 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
6′0″ · 225 lb · Moorestown, NJ
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
ILB recruit
No. 2793 nationally · Signed with Princeton
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former linebacker at California. 2024: 22 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
Liam Johnson
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Princeton to California — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 5 tackles against Oregon State — Week 9, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at California, 22 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: sacks (25th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tosh Lupoi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #460 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | California | 22 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 22 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 9-14@ Florida State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 15-17@ Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 23-24vs NC State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 44-7vs Oregon State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 46-36@ Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 25-33vs Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-21vs Stanford | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 6-38@ SMU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 13-24@ UNLV | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 22 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1 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.
Player DNA
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Terrell Adams’s 2020 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Terrell Adams's freshman season at Navy (2020).
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Player DNA