Taizse Johnson: DL · Maryland · #40.
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Taizse Johnson
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fourth year in the same defensive front at Maryland. On tape: 2 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Rutgers, Week 12, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
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| 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@ No. 1 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
25%3 TFLSack rate
12%2 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries12 tackles · 3 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Mike Locksley — 27-24 over that span.
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
Pass share
57.5%
491 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
71.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
518 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Maryland, 5 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 26 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mike Locksley.
