Raymond Johnson III: DE · Georgia Southern.
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Raymond Johnson III
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Georgia Southern. First career honor, 2019: All-Sun Belt. On tape: 7 tackles and 5 tackles for loss against Georgia State, Week 13, 2020.
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 14 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Georgia Southern | 37 | 18 | 14.0 | 5.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia Southern | 33 | 16 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 2 |
| 2018 | Georgia Southern | 43 | 18 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 2 |
| 2017 | Georgia Southern | 36 | 24 | 6.5 | 4.0 | -- |
| Career | 149 | 76 | 35.5 | 16.5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 27-26vs Campbell | 4 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | L 18-20@ No. 19 Louisiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-30@ UL Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-0vs Massachusetts | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-28@ No. 25 Coastal Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-17vs South Alabama | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-13vs Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 40-38vs Texas State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-28@ Army | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-30@ Georgia State | 7 | 7 | 5.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 20-3vs Florida Atlantic | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 26-34vs App State | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 17 | 14.0 | 5.0 | — | 0 |
Week 2 · 2020
W 27-26
vs Campbell
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
A close one, won by 1 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
14%5 sacksTFL rate
38%14 TFLHurry rate
32%12 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
29%5 of 17 pressures37 tackles · 14 for loss · 5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+8g | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chad Lunsford
Pass share
21.5%
172 pass / 628 run
Plays / game
66.7
12 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
196 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2020
37 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia Southern, 16 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2019) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 49 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM
All-Sun Belt 1st team (2019)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tyson Summers → Chad Lunsford. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
