6′2″ · Gainesville, TX
Denzel Johnson: S · TCU · #30.
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Denzel Johnson
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. A 2-star signing who has since put two seasons on the field at TCU. On tape: 15 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Oklahoma State, Week 12, 2016.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
84 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-41vs South Dakota State | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 38-41vs Arkansas | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-20vs Iowa State | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 33-3@ SMU | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 46-52vs Oklahoma | 8 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-23@ Kansas | 11 | 9 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.5 TFL |
| Wk 8 | L 10-34@ No. 12 West Virginia | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27vs Texas Tech | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 62-22@ No. 13 Baylor | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 6-31vs No. 13 Oklahoma State | 15 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 31-9@ Texas | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 84 | 48 | 11.0 | 2.5 | — | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%6 pass breakupsTackle volume
84tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%11 TFL84 tackles · 11 for loss · 2.5 sacks · 6 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Gary Patterson, all balanced, fast tempo offenses — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 8.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 6.6 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 8.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gary Patterson
Pass share
50.6%
498 pass / 486 run
Plays / game
75.7
13 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
540 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
84 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at TCU, 84 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Gary Patterson.
