CJ Christian

Senior safety for Washington. 2024: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 80 tackles.

S · Washington · Sr. · #4

6′0″ · 209 lb · Normal, IL · Normal Community HS

CFB Index 69 · #111 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Washington for 2026

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The story

4 safety for Washington. 2024: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 80 tackles.

Signed with Florida International in 2022.
Transferred from Florida International to Washington in 2025.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

S recruit

Joined Florida International

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

CJ Christian

S · Washington · Sr

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Florida International to Washington — the move that set up everything since. One game to point at: 12 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Jacksonville State — Week 12, 2024.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mike MacIntyre — 12-24 over that span.

2022Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Pass-leaning

2023Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Balanced

2024Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

69Quality starter #111 of 537?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (95th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (92nd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#147 / 2892 · 95th pct

Solo tackles#211 / 2892 · 92nd pct

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#1216 / 2892 · 55th pct

2.5

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	6.8	0.2	0.0	0.4
Road6g	7.7	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.7	0.2	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	6.8	0.3	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jedd Fisch

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #111 of 537 safeties

Unranked recruit. Now #111 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Florida International	80	40	2.5	3	1	--
2023	Florida International	41	27	2.0	1	3	--
2022	Florida International	17	12	0.0	--	1	--
Career		138	79	4.5	4	5	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-31@ Indiana	9	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 52-16vs Central Michigan	8	4	0.0	—	2
Wk 3	L 20-38@ Florida Atlantic	9	5	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 42-45vs Monmouth	7	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 17-10vs Louisiana Tech	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 24-31@ Liberty	8	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 21-30@ UTEP	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 34-13vs New Mexico State	9	7	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 31-34@ Jacksonville State	12	4	0.5	—	0	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 13	L 26-27@ Kennesaw State	4	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 14	W 35-24vs Middle Tennessee	5	4	1.0	—	0
Total		80	40	2.5	1	3

How he plays

Play style

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

80Tackles

40Solo

2.5TFL

0Sacks

3Pass def.

1INT

80 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.

Week 22 PD
Week 71 PD
Week 131 INT

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.

2026 Outlook

Washington

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Washington

Returning around him

7 Washington players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -9 net (14 in / 23 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Washington · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #24 · 2026 recruiting class #13

DNA match

Player DNA

Box Safety

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

His 2024 production profile sits closest to Avery Young’s 2022 season.

Avery Young

91%match

Rutgers · 2022

Jayden Hill

North Texas · 2024

90%

Scotty Edwards

Stanford · 2024

87%

Dustin Johnson

Ohio · 2024

NFL Rd 6

86%

Sy Dabney

Bowling Green · 2021

84%

Matches Avery on

Interceptions

PD rate

Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Avery Young's junior season at Rutgers (2022).

Avery Young

94%match

Rutgers · 2022

Scotty Edwards

Stanford · 2024

93%

JoJo Evans

Kent State · 2022

All-Conference USA

92%

Craig Woodson

California · 2023

All-ACCNFL Rd 4

87%

Barry Manning

Eastern Michigan · 2025

87%

Matches Avery on

Class year

Height

Interceptions

Player DNA

Players who play like CJ Christian

Isaiah Norman

Marshall · 2022

92%

Andrew Johnson

Wyoming · 2025

91%

Jayden Hill

North Texas · 2024

90%

Mordecai McDaniel

Oklahoma State · 2025

89%

Jake Pope

UNLV · 2025

89%

Background

AT WASHINGTON 2025: Enrolled at UW in January, 2025, via the transfer portal ... saw action in the opener vs. Colorado State ... missed the remainder of the season due to an injury. AT FIU, IOWA CENTRAL CC & HIGH SCHOOL Played the last three seasons (2022-24) at Florida International University (...