Christian Charles is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Virginia.
Charles moves between deep coverage and the slot. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Josh Heupel and Tony Elliott. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against California — Week 10, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-7vs Coastal Carolina | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 31-35@ NC State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 55-16vs William & Mary | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 48-20vs Stanford | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 46-38vs No. 8 Florida State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-27@ Louisville | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 22-20vs Washington State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 17-16@ North Carolina | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-21@ California | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 9-16vs Wake Forest | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-17@ Duke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-7vs Virginia Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 15 | L 20-27vs Duke | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 19 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 6 |
Week 6 · 2025
W 30-27
at Louisville
4 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 1 hurry
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
14%6 pass breakupsTackle volume
43tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL43 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 6 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Elliott
Pass share
48.0%
492 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
73.3
14 games
Team sack rate
3.6%
474 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #264 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #58 of 75 ACC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
A stat line in 36 games over four seasons.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Josh Heupel and Tony Elliott.
