Senior safety for USC. 2021: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 32 tackles.
5′11″ · 195 lb · Los Angeles, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 102 nationally · Signed with USC
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety for USC. 2021: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 32 tackles.
Greg Johnson
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Greg Johnson has been at USC through two head coaches in four seasons. The receipt: 6 tackles against BYU — Week 13, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at USC, 93 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Clay Helton → Donte Williams. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: sacks (24th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
46.0%
97 pass / 114 run
Plays / game
70.3
3 games
Team sack rate
2.0%
102 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #412 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021
W 45–14
1 SOLO · 3 TOT
Dominant 31-point win on the road against Washington State.
With J. Dart — 391 yds · 4 TD · 2 INT · QBR 81.3 · 32 rush yds (6 car) · G. Bryant Jr. — 3 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-7vs San José State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-42vs Stanford | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-14@ Washington State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-45vs Oregon State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-14@ Colorado | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 26-42vs Utah | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 16-31@ Arizona State | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 33-62vs UCLA | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-35vs BYU | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 32 | 19 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Player DNA
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Rod Heard II’s 2021 season.
Matches Rod on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Rod Heard II's senior season at Northwestern (2021).
Matches Rod on
Player DNA