#20

Tirrell Johnson Jr.

Senior linebacker for South Alabama. 2025: 54 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · South Alabama · Sr. · #20

6′2″ · 230 lb · Wynne, AR

CFB Index 55 · #246 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to South Alabama for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETvs OhioHancock Whitney StadiumSouth Alabama by 4.5

The numbers

tackles · 2025

5.5 TFL · 1 sacks · 1 PBU

Best game: 4 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sacks, at Auburn

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for South Alabama. 2025: 54 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 83rd percentile.

The full scouting read

Tirrell Johnson Jr.

LB · South Alabama · Sr · #20

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. One game to point at: 10 tackles, 1 INT against Georgia State — Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025South Alabama4-8HC: Major Applewhite · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

55Quality starter #246 of 583?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (83rd percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (83rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#500 / 2975 · 83rd pct

Tackles for loss#477 / 2975 · 83rd pct

5.5

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Solo tackles#696 / 2975 · 76th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	0.6	0.0	0.2
Road5g	6.4	0.4	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	0.8	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.4	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Major Applewhite

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #246 of 583 LBs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #22 of 63 Sun Belt LBs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	South Alabama	54	26	5.5	1.0	1	1	--
Career		54	26	5.5	1.0	1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 38–21

vs Morgan State

2 TFL · 2 SOLO · 3 TOT

With D. Voisin — 7 rec · 69 yds · 1 TD · A. Pulkkinen — 42 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-21vs Morgan State	3	2	2.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 31-33vs Tulane	4	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 15-31@ Auburn	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 20-38vs Coastal Carolina	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 22-36@ North Texas	4	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 24-31@ Troy	8	8	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 14-15vs Arkansas State	4	1	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 38-31@ Georgia State	10	4	0.0	0.0	1	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 10	L 22-31vs Louisiana	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 26-14@ UL Monroe	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 42-35vs Southern Miss	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		54	26	5.5	1.0	1	1

The linebacker corps · South Alabama

#28Darius McKenzieLB · Sr.71 tackles · 2025
#20Tirrell Johnson Jr.LB · Sr.54 tackles · 2025
#22Caleb DozierLB · Jr.39 tackles · 2025
#16Seidrion LangstonLB · Sr.36 tackles · 2025
#46Terry Kirksey Jr.LB · Sr.18 tackles · 2025

17 more on the roster · South Alabama team page

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

Tirrell Johnson Jr.

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

The linebacker corps · South Alabama