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Gi'Narious Johnson

DL · South Alabama · Sr. · #48

South Alabama 2022 alumnus
This season's coverage starts August 26 — check back once kickoff hits.

Gi'Narious Johnson

DL · South Alabama · Sr · #48

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★
#382 national
CFB
College
South Alabama
2020–2022
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted

Coaching Lineage · 2020–2022

2 coaches
2020
South Alabama
2021
South Alabama
era →
2022
South Alabama

Coaching transition mid-career: Steve Campbell → Kane Wommack. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020South Alabama4-7HC: Steve Campbell · Run-leaning
2021South Alabama5-7HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced
2022South Alabama10-3HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2022South Alabama731.51.0------
2021South Alabama2382.51.0------
2020South Alabama23113.01.01----
Career53227.03.01----

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022

W 38–31

at Georgia Southern

1 TOT

Edged out Georgia Southern on the road in a shootout.

How he plays

Play style

Wins his gap play after play.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2021 production profile sits closest to Wykevious Thomas’s 2021 season.

South Alabama · 2021

#2

Jackson Cravens

Boise State · 2021

83%
#3

Jaylon Hutchings

Texas Tech · 2021

83%
#4

Josh Ratcliff

Southern Miss · 2021

82%
#5

Dvon J-Thomas

Penn State · 2021

80%

Matches Wykevious on

Weight
Sack rate
TFL rate

Differs from Wykevious on

Height (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jalen Satchell's sophomore season at Temple (2022).

Temple · 2022

#2

Realus George

Missouri · 2022

86%
#3

Cam Rice

Maryland · 2025

85%
#4

Wykevious Thomas

South Alabama · 2021

85%
#5

Raymond Vohasek

North Carolina · 2021

NFL Rd 7
84%

Matches Jalen on

Class year
TFL rate
Sack rate

Heisman trajectory

Heisman futures · sportsbook market

#30 in market ▼ from #23 · 5 books

+50002.0% implied▲ tightened from +6600