It's hard to imagine sitting out an entire season due to an injury after transferring and expecting to suit up for a high-major program. Waiting for your turn while recovering, cheering on your teammates, but wishing you could be out there. Now imagine you finally recover, and spring ball opens, and you get injured again, season-ending in the diagnosis. Brutal. That's the story of FIU transfer CJ Christian.
Christian came from Florida International with 151 career tackles from his three seasons there. He transferred to Washington, ready to contribute to a Big Ten program in 2025, but got injured in the first game of the season against Colorado State before recording a single stat.
He spent the year recovering and is now out for 2026 with a torn Achilles. You have to feel terrible for him; that's brutal luck.
Washington coach Jedd Fisch announced safety CJ Christian is out for the season with a torn Achilles injury suffered during practice on Thursday
— Lars Hanson (@LarsHanson) April 18, 2026
CJ Christian tore his achilles in spring ball and Jedd Fisch said he's out for the year
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He was set to be a Senior this season, but will now be looking for another medical redshirt year. It's hard to imagine how it feels and looks for his future in the sport to deal with two consecutive blows. He was a starting safety at FIU and was one of their best tacklers on defense. He recorded five career interceptions but was mostly known for his ability to break out passes over the middle and wrestle a player to the ground.
His 80 tackles in his final season at FIU were impressive; he also had three pass deflections. There were high hopes he would have a role for the Huskies and Jedd Fisch. Now, it's another year where he has to recover and look for another opportunity in the future.
Fisch has plenty of depth at safety, and Christian was going to compete for a spot, but he wasn't the projected starter. So while it's frustrating to imagine how Christian feels, as the team moves along, it's a loss of depth more than a clear-cut loss of a starter.
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