Kendall Johnson
Duke Blue Devils
88
Great

Kendall Johnson

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Projected Starter

Is Kendall Johnson starting?

Kendall Johnson is the projected starter at WLB for Duke Blue Devils.

Redshirt junior · #42 · 6'3", 225 lbs

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Depth at WLB · Duke Blue Devils

  1. 14288Kendall JohnsonStarter
  2. 22480Bradley Gompers
  3. 31161Derrick Brown Jr.

Duke Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Quince Orchard, ranked #1,142 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 37 tackles, 3 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 88 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,142 Natl3-Yr Total56 tackles · 2 sacksTeam Share4%
Gaithersburg, MD
Jersey
#42
Class
RS JR
Height
6'3"
Weight
225 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20253731
2024120.50
202371.51

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8594
National Rank
#1142
High School
Quince Orchard
Hometown
Gaithersburg, MD

Why this rating?

On a 85-rated defense; 75th-percentile production (×0.92 for competition level) put them +3 vs unit starters → 88.

Team defense (SP+)
85
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 75% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.92)
Depth-chart adjustment
+3 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10LGTTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-25

Sep 19WSTANTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-7

Sep 12WILLTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 31-27

Sep 5WTULNTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 17-3

Kendall Johnson's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

37 tkl · 3 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement44%
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