Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-48@ Alabama | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 24-27vs App State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 20-17@ Old Dominion | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#15
Christian Peterson
Junior defensive back on East Carolina's 2026 roster.
5′10″ · 185 lb · Dothan, AL · Westlake
Transferred UCF → East Carolina for 2026
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 619 nationally · Signed with UCF
Last played in 2026.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Junior defensive back on East Carolina's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to UCF in 2024.
- Transferred from UCF to East Carolina in 2026.
Christian Peterson
Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Alabama — Week 1, 2026.
7 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20244 games
- Signed with UCF3-star out of Westlake
20263 games
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coaches2024
East Carolina
Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Houston → Blake Harrell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to East Carolina
2025UCF
2026East Carolina
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | East Carolina | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | UCF | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
Game by game
Christian Peterson's 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2026
W 20–17
at Old Dominion
2 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
With T. O'Halloran — 48.2 yards per punt · 6 punts · 2 inside the 20 · T. Engleman Jr. — 99 rush yds (16 car)
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +2 tackles.
Season context · Team result + system
2024UCF4-8HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-heavy
2026East Carolina1-2HC: Blake Harrell · Run-leaning, slow tempo
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
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Pass share
43.5%
77 pass / 100 run
Plays / game
59.0
3 games
Team sack rate
8.0%
88 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Background
Mid-year transfer from UCF, who enrolled at East Carolina in January of 2026 … Lettered UCF in 2025 … Played in 97 career games (no starts) … Booked two tackles (one solo) … Returned six kickoffs for 77 yards (12.8 avg.) all in 2024. 2025 (UCF): Appeared in 12 games in a reserve defensive role…
The secondary · East Carolina
- #3Zyeir Gamble72 tackles · 2025
- #13Ayden Duncanson33 tackles · 2025
- #4Kevon Merrell27 tackles · 2025
- #8Kamaurri McKinley24 tackles · 2025
- #15Christian Peterson3 games · 2026
20 more on the roster · East Carolina team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology