Patrick Johnson

Former defensive end at Tulane. 2020: 9 sacks, 13.5 tackles for loss, 39 tackles.

DE · Tulane · Sr. · #7

6′3″ · 255 lb · Chattanooga, TN

All-Conf 1st teamPhiladelphia — drafted 2021, Rd 7, Pick 6, #234 overall

Recruiting

2★

SDE recruit

No. 3016 nationally · Signed with Tulane

Statement game6 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksat East Carolina (FBS) · W 38-21

Top 1% sacks game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Tulane. 2020: 9 sacks, 13.5 tackles for loss, 39 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Tulane in 2017.
Drafted round 7 by the Philadelphia in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Tulane, 24 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #234 overall by Philadelphia.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20177 games

Signed with Tulane2-star out of Notre Dame

202010 games

All-AACfirst

2021

Drafted by Philadelphiaround 7, pick 234

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3016 national

CFB

College

Tulane

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #234

Philadelphia · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM

All-AAC 1st team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

1 coach

2017–2020

Willie Fritz

Tulane

Played his entire career under Willie Fritz.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PhiladelphiaEntering 6th NFL season

#234Rd 7 · Pick 6

PhiladelphiaEntering 6th NFL season

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2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Willie Fritz, all run-heavy offenses — 25-25 over that span.

2017Tulane5-7HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2018Tulane7-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2019Tulane7-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2020Tulane6-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (100th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (99th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#5 / 2211 · 100th pct

9.0

Tackles for loss#14 / 2211 · 99th pct

13.5

QB hurries#136 / 2211 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#394 / 2211 · 82nd pct

Tackles#489 / 2211 · 77th pct

Passes defended#471 / 2211 · 72nd pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	4.5	1.5	0.5	0.0
Road6g	3.5	1.2	1.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.2	1.6	1.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.3	1.2	0.7	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Tulane	39	26	13.5	9.0	2	--	--
2019	Tulane	35	24	8.5	4.0	4	--	--
2018	Tulane	50	34	15.5	10.5	5	--	--
2017	Tulane	12	7	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		136	91	38.5	23.5	11	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2020

W 35–21

vs Memphis

3 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL

With M. Pratt — 254 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 24 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · R. Wright — 43 AVG · 52 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week