6′0″ · 180 lb · Oakland, CA
Keenan Johnson: DB · UCF · #29.
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Keenan Johnson
Erases the deep middle of the field. Keenan Johnson has played for two head coaches in two seasons at UCF. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against UConn — Week 1, 2018.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.
Roundtable Oct 19
Sports Illustrated Oct 7Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-17@ UConn | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-0vs South Carolina State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-36vs Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-14vs Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-20vs SMU | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 37-10@ East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-40vs Temple | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-13vs No. 19 Cincinnati | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-10@ South Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 56-41vs Memphis | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 32-40vs No. 11 LSU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Week 5 · 2018
W 45-14
vs Pittsburgh
0.5 tackles for loss · 1 tackle · 1 pass breakup
Dominant 31-point win at home against Pittsburgh.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
18tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%0 TFL18 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
40.0%
393 pass / 589 run
Plays / game
75.5
13 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
431 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at UCF, 19 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: George O'Leary, Scott Frost, and Josh Heupel. Multi-era developmental context.
