#54

Cole Christiansen

Senior linebacker for Army. 2019: 112 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks.

LB · Army · Sr. · #54

6′2″ · 225 lb · Suffolk, VA

Army 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

ILB recruit

No. 3036 nationally · Signed with Army

Statement game13 tackles · 3.5 TFLvs Miami (OH) (FBS) · W 31-30

Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Army. 2019: 112 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Army in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Army, 269 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20163 games

Signed with Army2-star out of Nansemond-Suffolk Academy

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3036 national

CFB

College

Army

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Jeff Monken

Army

Played his entire career under Jeff Monken.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Jeff Monken, all run-heavy offenses — 34-18 over that span.

2016Army8-5HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy

2017Army10-3HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy

2018Army11-2HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy

2019Army5-8HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#25 / 2688 · 99th pct

112

Solo tackles#30 / 2688 · 99th pct

Sacks#426 / 2688 · 83rd pct

2.5

Tackles for loss#940 / 2688 · 63rd pct

3.5

QB hurries#781 / 2688 · 61st pct

Passes defended#1097 / 2688 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th 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

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	8.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road7g	10.1	0.5	0.4	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Monken

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Army	112	63	3.5	2.5	1	--	--
2018	Army	71	36	12.0	1.0	2	--	--
2017	Army	84	48	5.0	0.0	1	1	--
2016	Army	2	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		269	147	20.5	3.5	4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2019

W 52–21

vs Morgan State

11 TOT · 6 SOLO

Dominant 31-point win at home against Morgan State.

With A. Hobbs IV — 9 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD · C. Anderson — 80 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 71.9 · 75 rush yds (9 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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 7-31@ Navy	9	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		112	63	3.5	2.5	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology