Christian Tago

Linebacker for San José State. 2016: 72 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss.

LB · San José State · #4

6′1″ · Palmdale, CA

San José State 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1239 nationally · Signed with San José State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 linebacker for San José State. 2016: 72 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to San José State in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at San José State, 72 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2012

Signed with San José State3-star out of Highland

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1239 national

CFB

College

San José State

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016San José State4-8HC: Ron Caragher · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (89th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (89th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#286 / 2668 · 89th pct

Solo tackles#288 / 2668 · 89th pct

Tackles for loss#316 / 2668 · 87th pct

7.5

QB hurries#640 / 2668 · 66th pct

Passes defended#1097 / 2668 · 48th pct

Sacks#1331 / 2668 · 25th pct

0.0

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

2016 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	11.2	1.0	0.0	0.0
Road5g	5.4	0.7	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	6.5	0.5	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	9.2	1.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ken Niumatalolo

Pass share

51.0%

106 pass / 102 run

Plays / game

69.3

3 games

Team sack rate

1.8%

110 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	San José State	72	44	7.5	0.0	1	--	--
Career		72	44	7.5	0.0	1	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week