Samy Johnson
Samy Johnson
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Samy Johnson has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Arkansas State. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles, 1 TFL against Texas State, Week 12, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Arkansas State, 139 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2020–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Blake Anderson → Butch Jones. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Arkansas State | 57 | 37 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 15 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Arkansas State | 25 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Arkansas State | 27 | 22 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Arkansas State | 30 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 139 | 100 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 25 | 7 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023
W 31–7
vs Stony Brook
4 TOT · 3 SOLO · 2 PD
Dominant 24-point win at home against Stony Brook.
How he plays
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Ball Hawk
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Tobias Harris’s 2022 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Ethan Johnson's graduate season at App State (2025).
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