Player Dossier

2013-2017

Memphis

Christian Johnson

DL • 6'5" • 270 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Christian Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17 disruption score.

Usage / Role

65%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

82

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Memphis

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Memphis
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Player Story

Christian Johnson built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Memphis, TN wearing No. 15, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of Christian Johnson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.7683

Southwind · Memphis, TN

Committed To
Memphis
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Christian Johnson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Memphis. Christian Johnson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
44
TFL
7.5
Sacks
5.5
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Christian Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Memphis · DL
Career Tackles
44
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 22 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Memphis
Top game
Tulane
Recruit profile
2-star · Southwind · Memphis
High school pipeline
Southwind · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 15 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
25 tackles · DL 199th (top 28%) · American Athletic 151st (top 28%) · National 1,661st (top 29%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonMemphis00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonMemphis00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonMemphis00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonMemphis101111-042.9
2016 Regular SeasonMemphis10182111042.9
2017 PostseasonMemphis12210--047.9
2017 Regular SeasonMemphis12233.53.52-047.9

Related Context

Christian Johnson played DL for Memphis. Across 5 tracked seasons, Christian Johnson recorded 44 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Memphis.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Memphis paired 10 primary output with 17 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 15.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · Memphis

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

15.9

Usage

4.6

Consistency

37.5

Best Game by takeover score

Western Kentucky

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 3. Bowling Green: 0. Ole Miss: 1. Temple: 1. Tulane: 1. Navy: 0. Tulsa: 0. SMU: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Houston: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Kentucky: 1 by 34.2. Bowling Green: 1 by 4.2. Ole Miss: 3 by 22.5. Temple: 1 by 14.2. Tulane: 2 by 18.3. Navy: 6 by 25. Tulsa: 1 by 4.2. SMU: 1 by 4.2. Cincinnati: 2 by 8.3. Houston: 1 by 24.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.7 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Western Kentucky

Best efficiency game

34.2 vs Western Kentucky

Result
Wed 12/21@ Western KentuckySplash gameL 31-5111110
Fri 11/25vs HoustonSplash gameW 48-4411110
Sat 11/19@ CincinnatiW 34-721000
Sat 11/5@ SMUW 51-711000
Sun 10/30vs TulsaL 30-5911000
Sat 10/22@ NavyL 28-4265000
Sat 10/15@ TulaneW 24-1421001
Fri 10/7vs TempleW 34-2711000
Sat 10/1@ Ole MissL 28-4832100
Sun 9/25vs Bowling GreenW 77-311000

Player Story

Christian Johnson story

Christian Johnson built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Memphis, TN wearing No. 15, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of Christian Johnson's career was his defensive production: 44 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Christian Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Memphis

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonMemphis0
2014 Regular SeasonMemphis00
2015 Regular SeasonMemphis00
2016 PostseasonMemphis815.94.68
2016 Regular SeasonMemphis815.94.60
2017 PostseasonMemphis10174.52
2017 Regular SeasonMemphis10174.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Tulane

Week 9 · W 56-26 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Western Kentucky

Week 1 · L 31-51 · Postseason

3

Havoc Plays

69.7 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.

#3

@ UConn

Week 6 · W 70-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

66.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Tulsa

Week 10 · W 41-14 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

61.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Houston

Week 13 · W 48-44 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

55.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Memphis

10 primary output · 17 efficiency · 4.5 usage

47.9

#2

2017 Regular Season · Memphis

47.9

10 primary · 17 efficiency · 4.5 usage

#3

2016 Postseason · Memphis

42.9

8 primary · 15.9 efficiency · 4.6 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games