Christian Gonzalez: DB · Oregon.
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Christian Gonzalez
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Karl Dorrell and Dan Lanning. The first one came in 2022: All-Pac-12. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 3 rushing yards against Washington — Week 11, 2022.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
51 tackles. 7 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 1 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
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-49vs No. 3 Georgia | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 70-14vs Eastern Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-20vs No. 12 BYU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 44-41@ Washington State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-27vs Stanford | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 49-22@ Arizona | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-30vs No. 9 UCLA | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-24@ California | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 49-10@ Colorado | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 34-37vs No. 24 Washington | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 20-17vs No. 10 Utah | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 34-38@ No. 22 Oregon State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 35 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 7 |
Week 8 · 2022
W 45-30
vs UCLA
1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles · 2 pass breakups
Edged out UCLA at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
14%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
51tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL51 tackles · 1 for loss · 7 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Lanning
Pass share
46.6%
432 pass / 496 run
Plays / game
71.4
13 games
Team sack rate
1.1%
442 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #28 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Colorado and Oregon, 129 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #17 overall by the New England Patriots.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Pac-12 1st team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Karl Dorrell and Dan Lanning.
Next stop · NFL
New England PatriotsEntering 4th NFL season
New England PatriotsEntering 4th NFL season
