Durrell Johnson: DE · Liberty · #11.
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Durrell Johnson
Turns pressure into sacks — pressures become finishes. A two-star recruit with three seasons on the field at Liberty since. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against UConn — Week 11, 2022.
Play style
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
49 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 22.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 29-27@ Southern Miss | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 21-14vs UAB | 5 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 3 | L 36-37@ No. 19 Wake Forest | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 21-12vs Akron | 5 | 4 | 3.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 5 | W 38-24@ Old Dominion | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-24@ Massachusetts | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-20vs Gardner-Webb | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-14vs BYU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-19@ Arkansas | 9 | 4 | 3.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 33-36@ UConn | 6 | 5 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 12 | L 22-23vs Virginia Tech | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 13 | L 14-49vs New Mexico State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 32 | 22.5 | 8.0 | 1 | 4 |
Week 10 · 2022
W 21-19
at Arkansas
2 sacks · 3.5 tackles for loss · 9 tackles
A close one, won by 2 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
16%8 sacksTFL rate
46%22 TFLHurry rate
4%2 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
80%8 of 10 pressures49 tackles · 22.5 for loss · 8 sacks · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Hugh Freeze — 26-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 4.3 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.6 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Hugh Freeze
Pass share
44.9%
394 pass / 484 run
Plays / game
67.5
13 games
Team sack rate
9.8%
449 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
49 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #9 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Liberty, 16 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 29 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Hugh Freeze.
