Chatavies Johnson

Senior linebacker for Sam Houston. 2025: 41 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Sam Houston · Sr. · #8

6′0″ · 230 lb · Little Elm, TX

CFB Index 27 · #482 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Sam Houston for 2026

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 70th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

0.5 TFL · 0.5 sacks · 1 PBU

Best game: 8 tackles, at Hawai'i

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Sam Houston. 2025: 41 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Transferred from Memphis to Sam Houston in 2024.

His career, year by year

Chatavies Johnson

LB · Sam Houston · Sr · #8

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Chatavies Johnson has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Sam Houston. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Hawai'i — Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Sam Houston10-3HC: K.C. Keeler · Run-heavy

2025Sam Houston2-10HC: Phil Longo · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

27Below cohort / limited sample #482 of 583?

High confidenceAscending7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#872 / 2975 · 70th pct

Solo tackles#1178 / 2975 · 59th pct

Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct

0.5

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Tackles for loss#2332 / 2975 · 18th pct

0.5

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.6	0.1	0.1	0.2
Road5g	5.6	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	4.5	0.1	0.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Phil Longo

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

27 · #482 of 583 LBs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #35 of 45 Conference USA LBs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Sam Houston	41	18	0.5	0.5	1	--	--
2024	Sam Houston	16	12	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		57	30	1.5	0.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 26–23

vs Delaware

1 SOLO · 1 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With C. Gerrand — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG · L. Locke — 213 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 26.1 · -14 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-41@ Western Kentucky	8	4	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 1	L 21-38vs UNLV	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 2	L 20-37@ Hawai'i	8	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 0-55@ Texas	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 10-37@ New Mexico State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 27-29vs Jacksonville State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-35vs UTEP	6	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 21-17@ Oregon State	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 26-23vs Delaware	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 16-56vs Florida International	4	2	0.5	0.5	—	1
Total		41	18	0.5	0.5	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

41Tackles

18Solo

0.5TFL

0.5Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

41 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.

Week 140.5 sacks · 1 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Sam Houston

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Sam Houston

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +5 net (20 in / 15 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Sam Houston · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #117 · 2026 recruiting class #126

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Calvin Pitcher’s 2025 season.

Calvin Pitcher

84%match

UAB · 2025

Kameron Arnold

Boston College · 2024

81%

Jackson Barrow

Toledo · 2021

80%

James Neal

Texas State · 2024

79%

Ryan Meed

Illinois · 2024

79%

Matches Calvin on

Solo tackle rate

Tackle volume

TFL rate

Differs from Calvin on

Height (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jackson Barrow's sophomore season at Toledo (2021).

Jackson Barrow

92%match

Toledo · 2021

Andrew Mims

South Florida · 2021

85%

Malik Robinson

Houston · 2021

82%

Henry Blackburn

Colorado State · 2021

All-Mountain West

82%

George Douglas

Central Michigan · 2021

82%

Matches Jackson on

Class year

Weight

TFL rate

Player DNA

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Calvin Pitcher

UAB · 2025

84%

Lewis Carter

Oklahoma · 2024

73%

Zakye Barker

SMU · 2025

65%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

20248 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

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