Anthony Johnson

Senior defensive back for Virginia. 2022: 2 interceptions, 12 pass breakups, 51 tackles.

DB · Virginia · Sr. · #3

6′2″ · 205 lb · Coconut Creek, FL

CFB Index 79 · #41 of 322 cornersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamVirginia 2022 alumnus

The story

4 defensive back for Virginia. 2022: 2 interceptions, 12 pass breakups, 51 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Virginia, 134 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202210 games

All-ACCfirst

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018–2021

Bronco Mendenhall

Virginia

2022

Tony Elliott

Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Tony Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Louisville2-10HC: Lorenzo Ward · Balanced

2019Louisville8-5HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2020Louisville4-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

2021Virginia6-6HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-heavy

2022Virginia3-7HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

79All-Conference level #41 of 322?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (86th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#13 / 2755 · 99th pct

Solo tackles#367 / 2755 · 86th pct

Tackles#528 / 2755 · 80th pct

Interceptions#124 / 811 · 73rd pct

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2755 · 61st pct

3.0

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

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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

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.8	0.0	0.0	1.2
Road4g	5.5	0.8	0.0	1.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.5	0.5	0.0	1.2
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

79 · #41 of 322 corners

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Virginia	51	34	3.0	12	2	--
2021	Virginia	44	26	2.0	5	3	--
2020	Louisville	2	1	0.0	5	--	--
2019	Louisville	27	21	2.0	6	1	--
2018	Louisville	10	9	1.0	1	1	--
Career		134	91	8.0	29	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 34–17

vs Richmond

4 SOLO · 7 TOT

With B. Armstrong — 246 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 70.8 · 105 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · D. Sparks — 48 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-17vs Richmond	7	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 3-24@ Illinois	6	5	0.0	1	1
Wk 3	W 16-14vs Old Dominion	8	5	0.0	—	1	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 4	L 20-22@ Syracuse	5	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 17-38@ Duke	8	4	3.0	—	1	3.0 TFL
Wk 6	L 17-34vs Louisville	5	4	0.0	1	3
Wk 8	W 16-9@ Georgia Tech	3	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 9	L 12-14vs Miami	3	3	0.0	—	2
Wk 10	L 28-31vs North Carolina	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 7-37vs Pittsburgh	4	3	0.0	—	1
Total		51	34	3.0	2	12

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

Anthony Johnson

202210 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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