Linebacker, Baylor, 2016–⁠19

Clay Johnston

Number: No. 4
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 232 lb
Class (2019): Senior
Hometown: Abilene, TX
Born: Aug 8, 1996

Clay Johnston played linebacker at Baylor (2016–⁠19). The Los Angeles Rams took Johnston in round 7, No. 234 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft.

Best season: 87; Tackles, 2018 (Baylor, 7–⁠6)
Drafted: No. 234; Round 7, 2020 NFL Draft (Los Angeles Rams)

17tackles, career highvs. Oklahoma State, 2018

Honors

2018, 2019Second-team All-Big 12

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

7–⁠61–⁠117–⁠611–⁠3AP 13

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2016	Baylor	26	14	4	0	1	0	1
2017	Baylor	54	34	9	1	0	0	3
2018	Baylor	87	58	4.5	1	0	2	0
2019	Baylor	58	35	8	2.5	1	5	1
Career		225	141	25.5	4.5	2	7	5

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2016	Baylor	4	LB	Fr.
2017	Baylor	4	LB	So.
2018	Baylor	4	LB	Jr.
2019	Baylor	4	LB	Sr.	6′1″	232

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2019 Baylor 6 games, 58 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Aug 31	vs.Stephen F. Austin	W 56–⁠17	5	3	0.5	0	0	1
Sep 7	vs.UTSA	W 63–⁠14	6	2	1.5	1.5	0	0
Sep 21	atRice	W 21–⁠13	13	7	2	0	0	1
Sep 28	vs.Iowa State	W 23–⁠21	13	7	1.5	1	0	2
Oct 5	atKansas State	W 31–⁠12	11	8	1	0	0	0
Oct 12	vs.Texas Tech	W 33–⁠30	10	8	1.5	0	1	1

2018 Baylor 10 games, 87 tackles, 1 sack

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 8	atUTSA	W 37–⁠20	5	2	0	0	0
Sep 15	vs.Duke	L 27–⁠40	11	8	0	0	0
Sep 22	vs.Kansas	W 26–⁠7	4	1	0	0	0
Oct 6	vs.Kansas State	W 37–⁠34	3	2	0	0	0
Oct 13	atTexas	L 17–⁠23	13	10	1.5	1	0
Oct 25	atWest Virginia	L 14–⁠58	6	5	1	0	0
Nov 3	vs.Oklahoma State	W 35–⁠31	17	14	0	0	0
Nov 10	atIowa State	L 14–⁠28	9	3	0.5	0	0
Nov 17	vs.TCU	L 9–⁠16	15	10	1.5	0	0
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Vanderbilt	W 45–⁠38	4	3	0	0	2

2017 Baylor 8 games, 54 tackles, 1 sack

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Sep 2	vs.Liberty	L 45–⁠48	6	3	2.5	0
Sep 9	vs.UTSA	L 10–⁠17	10	9	1	0
Sep 16	atDuke	L 20–⁠34	13	6	3	1
Sep 23	vs.Oklahoma	L 41–⁠49	7	7	1	0
Sep 30	atKansas State	L 20–⁠33	7	4	1	0
Oct 14	atOklahoma State	L 16–⁠59	2	0	0.5	0
Oct 21	vs.West Virginia	L 36–⁠38	7	5	0	0
Oct 28	vs.Texas	L 7–⁠38	2	0	0	0

2016 Baylor 10 games, 26 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int
Sep 2	vs.Northwestern State	W 55–⁠7	5	5	2	0
Sep 10	vs.SMU	W 40–⁠13	2	2	1	0
Sep 24	vs.Oklahoma State	W 35–⁠24	2	0	0	0
Oct 1	atIowa State	W 45–⁠42	1	0	0	0
Oct 15	vs.Kansas	W 49–⁠7	1	0	0	1
Nov 5	vs.TCU	L 22–⁠62	3	2	0.5	0
Nov 12	atOklahoma	L 24–⁠45	2	0	0	0
Nov 19	vs.Kansas State	L 21–⁠42	2	1	0	0
Dec 3	atWest Virginia	L 21–⁠24	4	3	0	0
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Boise State	W 31–⁠12	4	1	0.5	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2020
Height	6′1″
Weight	227 lb
Arm length	30½″
Hand size	9″
Bench press	18 reps

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 20 games with a stat; latest team: Cincinnati Bengals.

Season	Team	G	Tkl
2020	Carolina Panthers	1	1
2021	Cincinnati Bengals	11	26
2022	Cincinnati Bengals	8	7
NFL career		20	34

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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