Christian Rozeboom

Five quiet seasons, then 140 tackles in 2024 — and 128 again in 2025 with Carolina.

Rozeboom went undrafted out of South Dakota State in 2020 and bounced between practice squads for two years. The breakthrough came in his fourth NFL season — 2023 with the Rams (75 total tackles) — and the 2024 explosion (140 total, 5 TFL) turned him into a legitimate starting MIKE.

The 2025 line in Carolina (128 total tackles, 7 TFL, 2 sacks) confirms 2024 wasn't a fluke. He's now a top-25 LB by tackle volume in back-to-back seasons.

His 2025 tackle profile (61 solo, 67 ast) is nearly the inverse of an aggressive blitzer — Carolina uses him as a clean-up MIKE.

The drift toward assists tells the story: in 2023, Rozeboom was the LB finishing the play. In 2025 he's the LB closing on a play already in progress more often than not. That's typical of a downhill MIKE behind a defensive line that occupies blockers — Carolina's front is built for that.

The TFL count (7 in 2025, career high) doesn't fit that narrative perfectly, though — he's still flashing as a downhill striker on run plays.

128 total tackles in 2025 puts Rozeboom in the top 15 LBs leaguewide.

Rozeboom's 128 total tackles in 2025 are off the very top tier (180+) but still inside the top 15. The story here isn't where he ranks — it's that an undrafted FA who managed 12 total tackles in his first 2 seasons combined is now in the same conversation as first-round LBs.

Career-high 15-tackle game in Week 11 of 2025 (1 solo, 8 ast) — pure volume run defense.

Rozeboom's biggest output of 2025 was Week 9 (7 solo, 8 ast = 15 total tackles) — the kind of line a downhill MIKE puts up against a heavy-rush offense.

He's been remarkably consistent: 10 different games with 6+ tackles in 2025.

Undrafted → 5 NFL seasons → first career sack came in year 5 (2024). Now has 3 career sacks, all since 2024.

Rozeboom went his first four NFL seasons (2020–2023) with 0 sacks — including 2023 when he was on the field for 75 tackles. The blitz wasn't part of his job description.

The Rams (2024: 1 sack) and Panthers (2025: 2 sacks) gradually opened up the green-dog and A-gap blitz opportunities. Combined career line: 3 sacks, 4 QB hits — all in the last two years. A modest counting line, but a meaningful expansion of his usage.