Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 42-10@ South Alabama | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Thomas Johnston
Senior linebacker for UAB. 2020: 1 tackle, 1 tackle for loss.
6′2″ · 225 lb · Spanish Fort, AL
UAB 2020 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
OLB recruit
No. 379 nationally · Signed with UAB
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for UAB. 2020: 1 tackle, 1 tackle for loss.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to UAB in 2017.
Thomas Johnston
This is his fourth year in the same linebacker corps at UAB. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles, 1 TFL against South Alabama, Week 4, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at UAB, 54 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
201711 games
- Signed with UAB3-star out of Spanish Fort
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
UAB
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coach2017–2020
UAB
Played his entire career under Bill Clark.
2020 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Bill Clark — 34-16 over that span.
2017UAB8-5HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy
2018UAB11-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy
2019UAB9-5HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy
2020UAB6-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 1.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Mortensen
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2020
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology