2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Stephen Johnson
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Two seasons in the South Alabama defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 3 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Louisiana Tech — Week 9, 2026.
16 tackles · 1.5 sacks
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 8 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | South Alabama | 16 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 2025 | South Alabama | 16 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 32 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 3 |
Last game (Wk 9): 0.5 tackles for loss, 3 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 39-14vs SE Louisiana | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-28@ Tulane | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 41-36vs Ohio | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-45@ Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 52-35vs UL Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 56-49@ Arkansas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-20@ Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-35vs Louisiana Tech | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 2 |
Ratings of the games shown run from -24 to +11 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%2 TFLSack rate
9%2 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries16 tackles · 2 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Major Applewhite, all run-heavy offenses — 8-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Pass share
37.6%
215 pass / 357 run
Plays / game
71.5
8 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
241 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #38 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #39 of 48 Sun Belt DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,463 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Sun Belt.
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Hugh Freeze and Major Applewhite.
