Former linebacker at Texas A&M. 2020: 85 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.
6′2″ · 240 lb · Dallas, TX
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 348 nationally · Signed with Texas A&M
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former linebacker at Texas A&M. 2020: 85 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.
Buddy Johnson
Buddy Johnson has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Texas A&M. 2020 brought the first one: SEC Defensive Player of the Week. The receipt: 12 tackles, 2 TFL against Arkansas — Week 9, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Texas A&M, 203 tackles — drafted at #140 overall by Pittsburgh.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kevin Sumlin → Jimbo Fisher. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
PittsburghEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles (98th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (97th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (29th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 10.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 6.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 10.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Elko
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2020
W 41–38
vs Florida
11 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 TFL
Edged out Florida at home in a shootout.
With K. Mond — 264 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 8 rush yds (6 car) · I. Spiller — 171 rush yds (26 car) · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 17-12vs Vanderbilt | 11 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-52@ Alabama | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 41-38vs Florida | 11 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-14@ Mississippi State | 12 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 42-31vs Arkansas | 12 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 48-3@ South Carolina | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-7vs LSU | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-20@ Auburn | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 16 | W 34-13@ Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 75 | 36 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
75 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 5 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.