Former defensive lineman at Maryland. 2024: 1.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 12 tackles.
6′1″ · 300 lb · District Heights, MD
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
DL recruit
No. 269 nationally · Signed with Maryland
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at Maryland. 2024: 1.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 12 tackles.
Taizse Johnson
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. This is his fourth year in the same defensive front at Maryland. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles, 1 TFL against Rutgers, Week 12, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Maryland, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Locksley.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Mike Locksley — 27-24 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (7th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Locksley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2024
W 29–28
vs USC
1 TOT
Edged out USC at home in a shootout.
With B. Edwards — 373 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 68.9 · B. McFerson — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 53 AVG
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 50-7vs UConn | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-27vs Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-13@ Virginia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 38-20vs Villanova | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-42@ Indiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 29-28vs USC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 18-39@ Oregon | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-31vs Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-29vs Iowa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
12 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Tavian Coleman’s 2023 season.
Matches Tavian on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dion Washington's senior season at Hawai'i (2024).
Matches Dion on
Player DNA