Braylon Johnson
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
90
Elite

Braylon Johnson

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Projected Starter

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Braylon Johnson is the projected starter at NB for Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

Redshirt junior · #8 · 6'1", 190 lbs

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Depth at NB · Wake Forest Demon Deacons

  1. 1890Braylon JohnsonStarter
  2. 21781Zamari Stevenson
  3. 33567Koredell Bartley

Wake Forest Starting Lineup

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Up next for Wake Forest

Wake Forest plays Merrimack at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:30 PM ET.

The Story

Elite-Tier Talent

A 3-star recruit out of Highland Springs, ranked #1,039 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 38 tackles, 0 INT, 4 PBU. That's 5% of the team's production at his spot and 80th-percentile production nationally — good for a 90 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,039 NatlTeam Share5%Percentile80th
Richmond, VA
Jersey
#8
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
190 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20253804

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
0.8631
National Rank
#1039
High School
Highland Springs
Hometown
Highland Springs, VA

Why this rating?

On a 89-rated defense; 80th-percentile production (×0.87 for competition level) put them +1 vs unit starters → 90.

Team defense (SP+)
89
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 80% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.87)
Depth-chart adjustment
+1 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 31WUVATKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
1

Final W 51-7

Oct 18WCALTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 41-7

Oct 10WNCSUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 38-14

Oct 3WSTANTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 57-3

Sep 26WLOUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 30-27

Sep 18LMIATKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 33-20

Sep 12WPURTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
7
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 38-36 2OT

Sep 3WAKRTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
4
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-16

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

The People's Ratings

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Team Role

38 tkl · 4 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement45%
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