Chauncey Gardner-Johnson: DB · Florida · #23.
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Chauncey Gardner-Johnson
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for three head coaches at Florida: Jim McElwain, Randy Shannon and Dan Mullen. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against LSU — Week 6, 2018.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
71 tackles. 2 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 9 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 · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 53-6vs Charleston Southern | 5 | 4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | L 16-27vs Kentucky | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-10vs Colorado State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 47-21@ Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 13-6@ No. 23 Mississippi State | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-19vs No. 5 LSU | 11 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 37-27@ Vanderbilt | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-36vs No. 7 Georgia | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-38vs Missouri | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-31vs South Carolina | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 63-10vs Idaho | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-14@ Florida State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 41-15vs No. 8 Michigan | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 71 | 37 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 |
Bowl · 2018
W 41-15
vs Michigan · neutral site
2 interceptions · 5 tackles · 4 solo tackles
Dominant 26-point win at a neutral site against Michigan.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
71tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%9 TFL71 tackles · 9 for loss · 3 sacks · 2 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 6.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Mullen
Pass share
41.7%
364 pass / 508 run
Plays / game
67.1
13 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
386 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
71 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Florida, 161 tackles — drafted at #105 overall by the New Orleans Saints.
A stat line in 35 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jim McElwain, Randy Shannon, and Dan Mullen. Multi-era developmental context.
Next stop · NFL
New Orleans SaintsEntering 8th NFL season
New Orleans SaintsEntering 8th NFL season
