Tao Johnson
UCLA Bruins
98
Legend

Tao Johnson

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RESDefenseLegendTRANSFER · Utah
Projected Starter

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Tao Johnson is the projected starter at RES for UCLA Bruins.

Redshirt senior · #6 · 6'0", 194 lbs

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Depth at RES · UCLA Bruins

  1. 1698Tao JohnsonStarter
  2. 2785Mikey Matthews
  3. 3279Rodrick Pleasant
  4. 46469Sam Yoon
  5. 52465Jonah Smith

UCLA Starting Lineup

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Up next for UCLA

UCLA plays Minnesota away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Legend-Tier Production

A 3-star recruit out of Thunder Ridge, ranked #792 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 50 tackles, 2 INT, 4 PBU. That's 8% of the team's production at his spot and 91th-percentile production nationally — good for a 98 overall (Legend tier).

Recruit3★ · #792 NatlTeam Share8%Percentile91th
Idaho Falls, ID
Jersey
#6
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
194 lbs
Transfer
Utah

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—5024

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
0.8689
National Rank
#792
High School
Thunder Ridge
Hometown
Idaho Falls, ID

Why this rating?

On a 98-rated defense; 91th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.96 for competition level) put them +8 vs unit starters → 98. Ranks among the nation's elite at the position, which lifted them into the 92-99 tier.

Team defense (SP+)
98
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 91% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 16% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.96)
Depth-chart adjustment
+8 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 10WORETKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final W 17-15

Sep 6WCALTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-24

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

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Team Role

50 tkl · 4 PD · 2 INT
Usage / Involvement89%
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