Tristan Johnson
TCU Horned Frogs
85
Great

Tristan Johnson

TCU Horned FrogsAverage
DTDefenseGreat
2nd String / Backup

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Tristan Johnson is listed 2nd string at DT for TCU Horned Frogs.

Redshirt sophomore · #35 · 6'3", 295 lbs

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Depth at DT · TCU Horned Frogs

  1. 19291Ansel Din-MbuhStarter
  2. 23585Tristan JohnsonYou
  3. 39173Floyd Guidry

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Up next for TCU

TCU plays Arizona away on Fri, Nov 6. The listed kickoff time is 10:15 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Bell, ranked #1,663 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 17 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,663 NatlTeam Share3%
Hurst, TX
Jersey
#35
Class
RS SO
Height
6'3"
Weight
295 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025171.51.5

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8492
National Rank
#1663
High School
Bell
Hometown
Hurst, TX

Why this rating?

On a 99-rated defense; 70th-percentile production (×0.90 for competition level) put them +1 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
99
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 70% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.90)
Depth-chart adjustment
+1 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 24LWVUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-20

Sep 20WARSTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-7

Aug 29LUNCTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 15-10

Tristan Johnson's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

17 tkl · 1.5 TFL · 1.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement75%
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