Johnathan Youngblood: LB · Air Force · #44.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Johnathan Youngblood
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Four seasons in the Air Force linebacker corps to date. One game to point at: 13 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Navy — Week 8, 2023.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
85 tackles. 1 pass defended. 3 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
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-7vs Robert Morris | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 13-3vs Sam Houston | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 39-21vs Utah State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-20@ San José State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 49-10vs San Diego State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-27vs Wyoming | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 17-6@ Navy | 13 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 30-13@ Colorado State | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-23vs Army | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-27@ Hawai'i | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-31vs UNLV | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 19-27@ Boise State | 11 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 31-21vs No. 24 James Madison | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 85 | 42 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
85tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups85 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 3 interceptions.
4 seasons under Troy Calhoun — 32-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 9.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Troy Calhoun
Pass share
13.1%
105 pass / 697 run
Plays / game
61.7
13 games
Team sack rate
8.9%
123 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
85 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons at Air Force, 143 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Troy Calhoun.
