Gary Johnson: LB · Texas · #33.
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Gary Johnson
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Second year in the same linebacker corps at Texas. One game to point at: 11 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Oklahoma — Week 14, 2018.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
90 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 17 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.
Yahoo Sports Oct 31
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 29-34vs Maryland | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-21vs Tulsa | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-14vs No. 22 USC | 6 | 4 | 4.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 4.0 TFL |
| Wk 4 | W 31-16vs No. 17 TCU | 11 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 19-14@ Kansas State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-45vs No. 7 Oklahoma | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 23-17vs Baylor | 11 | 9 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 9 | L 35-38@ Oklahoma State | 10 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 10 | L 41-42vs No. 12 West Virginia | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 41-34@ Texas Tech | 9 | 8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 12 | W 24-10vs No. 18 Iowa State | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 27-39vs No. 5 Oklahoma | 11 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 28-21vs No. 6 Georgia | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 90 | 61 | 17.0 | 7.0 | — | 1 |
Week 11 · 2018
W 41-34
at Texas Tech
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 9 tackles
Edged out Texas Tech on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
90tackles this seasonTFL rate
19%17 TFLSack rate
8%7 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups90 tackles · 17 for loss · 7 sacks.
2 seasons under Tom Herman — 17-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.0 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 8.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 6.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tom Herman
Pass share
46.1%
475 pass / 556 run
Plays / game
73.6
14 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
509 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
90 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Texas, 150 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charlie Strong → Tom Herman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
