Johnathan Abram: S · Mississippi State · #38.
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Johnathan Abram
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for two head coaches at Mississippi State: Dan Mullen and Joe Moorhead. On tape: 12 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss against Arkansas, Week 12, 2018.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
95 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 8 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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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Mississippi State | 95 | 51 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | Mississippi State | 71 | 43 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
| Career | 166 | 94 | 13.0 | 5.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-6vs Stephen F. Austin | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-10@ Kansas State | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-10vs Louisiana | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-28@ Kentucky | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-13vs Florida | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 23-9vs No. 8 Auburn | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-19@ No. 5 LSU | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-13vs No. 16 Texas A&M | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-3vs Louisiana Tech | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 0-24@ No. 1 Alabama | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-6vs Arkansas | 12 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 35-3@ Ole Miss | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
 Bowl | L 22-27vs Iowa | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 95 | 51 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 3 |
Week 12 · 2018
W 52-6
vs Arkansas
1.5 sacks · 3.5 tackles for loss · 12 tackles
Dominant 46-point win at home against Arkansas.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
95tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%8 TFL95 tackles · 8 for loss · 3 sacks · 3 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 8.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 6.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Pass share
38.9%
323 pass / 507 run
Plays / game
63.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
357 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
95 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Mississippi State, 166 tackles — drafted at #27 overall by the Oakland Raiders.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Joe Moorhead. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Oakland RaidersEntering 8th NFL season
Oakland RaidersEntering 8th NFL season
