Alexis Johnson: DL · Tennessee · #98.
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Alexis Johnson
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for two head coaches at Tennessee: Butch Jones and Jeremy Pruitt. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against Georgia — Week 5, 2018.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
51 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 6 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-40vs No. 17 West Virginia | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-3vs East Tennessee State | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-0vs UTEP | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-47vs Florida | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 12-38@ No. 2 Georgia | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 30-24@ No. 21 Auburn | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-58vs No. 1 Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27@ South Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 14-3vs Charlotte | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-7vs No. 12 Kentucky | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-50vs Missouri | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-38@ Vanderbilt | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Total | 51 | 21 | 6.0 | 4.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%6 TFLSack rate
8%4 sacksHurry rate
6%3 hurries51 tackles · 6 for loss · 4 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeremy Pruitt
Pass share
42.4%
297 pass / 403 run
Plays / game
58.3
12 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
331 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2018
51 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Tennessee, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Butch Jones → Jeremy Pruitt. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
