Samy Johnson: CB · Arkansas State · #1.
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Samy Johnson
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Arkansas State. On tape: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Texas State, Week 12, 2023.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
57 tackles. 15 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Arkansas State | 57 | 37 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 15 | 1 |
| 2022 | Arkansas State | 25 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | Arkansas State | 27 | 22 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | Arkansas State | 30 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 |
| 2019 | Arkansas State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 142 | 101 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 25 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-73@ No. 20 Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-37vs Memphis | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-7vs Stony Brook | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 44-37vs Southern Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 52-28@ Massachusetts | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-37@ Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-27vs Coastal Carolina | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-24@ UL Monroe | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 37-17vs Louisiana | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-21@ South Alabama | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 77-31vs Texas State | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-35@ Marshall | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 19-21vs Northern Illinois | 11 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 57 | 37 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 15 |
Bowl · 2023
L 19-21
vs Northern Illinois · neutral site
1 interception · 1 tackle for loss · 11 tackles
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
26%15 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
57tackles this season57 tackles · 3 for loss · 15 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Road6g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
45.0%
370 pass / 452 run
Plays / game
63.2
13 games
Team sack rate
7.4%
393 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
57 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #59 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Arkansas State, 142 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Blake Anderson → Butch Jones. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
