Theran Johnson is a defensive back at Oregon who has not played in Oregon's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Oregon lists 24 defensive backs this season.
Oregon is 5-3. Next: at Ohio State, Sat Nov 7.
Johnson erases the deep middle of the field. The four seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Pat Fitzgerald, David Braun and Dan Lanning. The first career honor came in 2024: All-Big Ten. A game that shows it: 3 tackles against Washington — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oregon | 19 | 15 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2024 | Northwestern | 53 | 40 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 |
| 2023 | Northwestern | 35 | 21 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2022 | Northwestern | 13 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 120 | 87 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 21 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 34-14@ Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-24@ No. 3 Penn State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 20-30vs No. 7 Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 56-10@ Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-7vs Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 18-16@ Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-13vs Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-27vs No. 16 USC | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 26-14@ Washington | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 51-34vs No. 19 James Madison | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 23-0vs No. 4 Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 22-56vs No. 1 Indiana | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 15 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
16%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
19tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%1 TFL19 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack · 3 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Lanning
Pass share
44.9%
436 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
64.7
15 games
Team sack rate
3.4%
353 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #260 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #63 of 77 Big Ten DBs
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%).
A stat line in 40 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Pat Fitzgerald, David Braun and Dan Lanning.
