Cole Christiansen: LB · Army · #54.
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Cole Christiansen
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. A two-star recruit with four seasons on the field at Army since. On tape: 16 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Air Force, Week 10, 2019.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
112 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 14-7vs Rice | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-24@ No. 7 Michigan | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-13@ UTSA | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 52-21vs Morgan State | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 33-42vs Tulane | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 8-17@ Western Kentucky | 13 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-28@ Georgia State | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 29-34vs San José State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-17@ Air Force | 16 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 47-6vs VMI | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 31-52@ Hawai'i | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 7-31vs No. 23 Navy | 9 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 112 | 63 | 3.5 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
112tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%4 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups112 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Jeff Monken, all run-heavy offenses — 34-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 8.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 10.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 10.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Monken
Pass share
14.5%
125 pass / 739 run
Plays / game
66.5
13 games
Team sack rate
9.5%
147 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
112 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Army, 269 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jeff Monken.
