Christian Gonzalez

Former defensive back at Oregon. 2022: 4 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 51 tackles.

DB · Oregon · So.

6′2″ · 201 lb · The Colony, TX

CFB Index 83 · #28 of 322 cornersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamNew England — drafted 2023, Rd 1, Pick 17, #17 overall

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 312 nationally · Signed with Colorado

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Oregon. 2022: 4 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 51 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Colorado in 2020.
Transferred from Colorado to Oregon in 2022.
Drafted round 1 by the New England in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Oregon, 129 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #17 overall by New England.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20205 games

Signed with Colorado4-star out of The Colony

202212 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Pac-12First Team

2023

Drafted by New Englandround 1, pick 17

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#312 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #17

New England · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Pac-12 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

3 coaches

2020

Mario Cristobal

Oregon

2021

Bryan McClendon

Oregon

era →

2022

Dan Lanning

Oregon

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Mario Cristobal, Bryan McClendon, and Dan Lanning. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New EnglandEntering 4th NFL season

#17Rd 1 · Pick 17

New EnglandEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Colorado4-2HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Colorado4-8HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022Oregon10-3HC: Dan Lanning · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

83All-Conference level #28 of 322?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (96th percentile). Strength: passes defended (95th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#22 / 811 · 96th pct

Passes defended#111 / 2755 · 95th pct

Solo tackles#342 / 2755 · 87th pct

Tackles#528 / 2755 · 80th pct

Tackles for loss#1784 / 2755 · 29th pct

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QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

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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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	0.2	0.0	1.0
Road6g	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	5.3	0.2	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dan Lanning

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

83 · #28 of 322 corners

Former four-star. Now #28 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Oregon	51	35	1.0	7	4	--
2021	Colorado	53	42	5.5	5	--	--
2020	Colorado	25	23	0.0	5	--	--
Career		129	100	6.5	17	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2022

W 20–17

vs Utah

1 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With B. Nix — 287 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.3 · -3 rush yds (2 car) · D. Thornton — -3 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 3-49@ Georgia	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 70-14vs Eastern Washington	1	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 3	W 41-20vs BYU	2	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 4	W 44-41@ Washington State	5	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 45-27vs Stanford	3	3	0.0	—	2
Wk 6	W 49-22@ Arizona	4	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 45-30vs UCLA	5	5	1.0	—	2
Wk 9	W 42-24@ California	8	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 49-10@ Colorado	3	2	0.0	2	0
Wk 11	L 34-37vs Washington	10	7	0.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 12	W 20-17vs Utah	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 34-38@ Oregon State	5	1	0.0	1	0
Total		51	35	1.0	4	7

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Christian Gonzalez

20205 games

202212 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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