Kylan Johnson: LB · Pittsburgh · #28.
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Kylan Johnson
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for four head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Jim McElwain, Randy Shannon, Dan Mullen and Pat Narduzzi. On tape: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Duke, Week 6, 2019.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
54 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10.5 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.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Pittsburgh | 54 | 30 | 10.5 | 6.5 | 3 |
| 2018 | Florida | 27 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2017 | Florida | 17 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2016 | Florida | 39 | 19 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Career | 137 | 65 | 16.0 | 7.5 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-30vs Virginia | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-10vs Ohio | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-17@ No. 13 Penn State | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-34vs No. 15 UCF | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 17-14vs Delaware | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 6 | W 33-30@ Duke | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 27-20@ Syracuse | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 12-16vs Miami | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-10@ Georgia Tech | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-27vs North Carolina | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-28@ No. 25 Virginia Tech | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 19-26vs Boston College | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 34-30vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 54 | 30 | 10.5 | 6.5 | — | 3 |
Week 4 · 2019
W 35-34
vs UCF
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Edged out UCF at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
54tackles this seasonTFL rate
19%10 TFLSack rate
12%6 sacksPD rate
6%3 pass breakups54 tackles · 10.5 for loss · 6.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 5.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
54.6%
513 pass / 426 run
Plays / game
72.2
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
546 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Florida and Pittsburgh, 137 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2019
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Jim McElwain, Randy Shannon, Dan Mullen and Pat Narduzzi.
