Honors and Awards
2018: Academic All-Big Ten
2017: Academic All-Big Ten
2016: Academic All-Big Ten
Career: Has played 31 games with 2 starts at outside linebacker ... has recorded 18 tackles, including 5.0 TFLs and 1.0 sack ... has forced 3 fumbles and recorded 1 pass breakup ... former walk-on was placed on scholarship in 2018
2018 Season: Earned third letter, playing in 10 games with 2 starts at outside linebacker … recorded 10 tackles, including 6 solo tackles and 3.0 TFLs, with 1 forced fumble and 1 pass breakup … made career-high 5 tackles, including a career-best 2.5 TFLs, and forced a fumble in second career start vs. Nebraska on Oct. 6 ... made first start of career at Iowa on Sept. 22
2017 Season: Earned second letter, playing in all 14 games ... recorded 8 tackles, including 6 solo stops, 2.0 TFLs and 1.0 sack ... recorded 2 forced fumbles ... had 2 tackles, 1.0 sack and a forced fumble at Illinois on Oct. 28 ... logged 1.0 TFL and forced a fumble at Indiana on Nov. 4 ... made 2 tackles vs. Utah State on Sept. 1 ... had 1 tackle at Minnesota on Nov. 25 ... notched 1 tackle vs. Michigan on Nov. 18 ... had 1 tackle vs. Maryland on Oct. 21
2016 Season: Earned first letter, playing in 7 games
2015 Season: Redshirt season
High School: Honorable mention all-state selection by Associated Press as a senior … at quarterback, led Menasha to Wisconsin Division 2 state championship with 7-for-9 passing performance for 107 yards, 25 carries for 129 rushing yards and four total touchdowns … first-team All-Bay Conference selection as a senior … completed 54.4 percent of his passes for 1,466 yards and 20 touchdowns while rushing for 1,521 yards (117.0 per game) and scoring another 20 TDs on the ground … finished career with 2,926 rushing yards, 2,606 passing yards and 62 total TDs … two-year team captain … team MVP in his senior season … also lettered four years in basketball and three years in baseball … was a three-time team captain in basketball and named team MVP as a junior … coach was Jeramie Korth
Personal: Parents are Jim and Kristin Johnson … hobbies include computer design … in high school, was student ambassador of Bionics/Chainz and volunteered at youth sports camps, clinics and tournaments ... majoring in biology and microbiology
