Christian Johnson: DL · Memphis · #15.
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Christian Johnson
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Arrived as a two-star recruit; two seasons of production at Memphis since. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 1.5 sacks against Tulane — Week 9, 2017.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-29vs UL Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-45vs No. 25 UCLA | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 44-31vs Southern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-40@ UCF | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 70-31@ UConn | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 30-27vs No. 25 Navy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-38@ Houston | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 56-26vs Tulane | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 41-14@ Tulsa | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 66-45vs SMU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 55-62@ No. 12 UCF | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 20-21vs Iowa State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 18 | 4.5 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Week 9 · 2017
W 56-26
vs Tulane
1.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 30-point win at home against Tulane.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
18%4 TFLSack rate
14%4 sacksHurry rate
8%2 hurries25 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Mike Norvell, all balanced offenses — 18-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Norvell
Pass share
52.8%
488 pass / 436 run
Plays / game
71.1
13 games
Team sack rate
4.2%
523 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Memphis, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Justin Fuente → Mike Norvell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
