Player Career

CJ Garnett Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

CJ Garnett story

CJ Garnett built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Keller, TX wearing No. 20, spending time with East Texas A&M and North Texas. The clearest part of CJ Garnett's career was his return-game role: 1 return touchdown across 6 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with North Texas. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 5 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 6 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across East Texas A&M and North Texas.

The arc is straightforward: CJ Garnett moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    North Texas

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    East Texas A&M

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Texas04.20.7
2024 Regular SeasonNorth Texas29.22.72
2025 Regular SeasonEast Texas A&M08.3-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Tulsa

Week 5 · W 52-20 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

53.6 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Wyoming

Week 4 · W 44-17

1

Havoc Plays

48.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 23 SMU

Week 1 · Ranked opponent

0

Havoc Plays

4.2 takeover

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.

#4

@ South Alabama

Week 1 · W 52-38

0

Havoc Plays

3.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Temple

Week 7 · W 45-14 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.3 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · East Texas A&M

0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · usage

54.2

#2

2024 Regular Season · North Texas

45.4

2 primary · 9.2 efficiency · 2.7 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · North Texas

36.7

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games