Taiwan Johnson: DL · Arkansas · #94.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Taiwan Johnson
Wins the gap play after play. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Virginia Tech — Bowl, 2016.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arkansas | 29 | 9 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Career | 29 | 9 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-20vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-38@ No. 15 TCU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-3vs Texas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-45vs No. 10 Texas A&M | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 52-10vs Alcorn State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-49vs No. 1 Alabama | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-30vs No. 12 Ole Miss | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-56@ No. 21 Auburn | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-10vs No. 10 Florida | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-38vs No. 19 LSU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-28@ Missouri | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 24-35vs No. 18 Virginia Tech | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 9 | 5.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
17%5 TFLSack rate
7%2 sacksHurry rate
7%2 hurries29 tackles · 5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Pass share
44.4%
406 pass / 509 run
Plays / game
70.4
13 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Arkansas, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: John Smith → Bret Bielema. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
