Raymond Johnson III

Senior defensive end for Georgia Southern. 2020: 5 sacks, 14 tackles for loss, 37 tackles.

DE · Georgia Southern · Sr.

6′3″ · 270 lb · Sumter, SC

Georgia Southern 2020 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 1724 nationally · Signed with Georgia Southern

Statement game7 tackles · 5 TFLat Georgia State (FBS) · L 24-30

Top 0.1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Georgia Southern. 2020: 5 sacks, 14 tackles for loss, 37 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Georgia Southern in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Georgia Southern, 16 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201712 games

Signed with Georgia Southern3-star out of Sumter

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1724 national

CFB

College

Georgia Southern

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

2 coaches

2017

Tyson Summers

Georgia Southern

2018–2020

Chad Lunsford

Georgia Southern

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tyson Summers → Chad Lunsford. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Georgia Southern2-10HC: Tyson Summers · Run-heavy

2018Georgia Southern10-3HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2019Georgia Southern7-6HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy

2020Georgia Southern8-5HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (100th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (100th percentile). Concern: passes defended (21st percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#3 / 2211 · 100th pct

Tackles for loss#8 / 2211 · 100th pct

14.0

Sacks#58 / 2211 · 97th pct

5.0

Tackles#533 / 2211 · 75th pct

Solo tackles#798 / 2211 · 62nd pct

Forced fumbles#39 / 497 · 46th pct

Passes defended#1276 / 2211 · 21st 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2020

W 27–26

vs Campbell

4 TOT · 3 SOLO · 2 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.

With S. Werts — 53 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 155 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · A. Beck II — 43 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 55 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	W 27-26vs Campbell	4	3	3.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 4	L 18-20@ Louisiana	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 35-30@ UL Monroe	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 41-0vs Massachusetts	1	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 8	L 14-28@ Coastal Carolina	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 24-17vs South Alabama	4	2	1.5	1.5	—
Wk 10	W 20-13vs Troy	1	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 40-38vs Texas State	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 27-28@ Army	5	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	L 24-30@ Georgia State	7	7	5.0	0.0	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 14	W 20-3vs Florida Atlantic	5	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 15	L 26-34vs App State	3	2	0.5	0.0	—
Total		36	17	14.0	5.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

201712 games

2020 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays