2016 Football Roster
Roster
John Johnson
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Fresno, Calif.
- High School:
- Central
2016 -ย 2016 - Saw action in eight games and made one start (Utah) in the defensive backfield ... Credited with six tackles on the season, 1.0 for loss ... Had tackles vs. UNLV, Arizona, Washington State, Utah, USC and Cal.ย
2015 -ย Saw action in 10 games and made five starts ... Made his first career start against Cal ... Also started against Colorado, at Oregon State, Washington State and in the bowl game against Nebraska ... Credited with four pass breakups on the season ... Made his first interception at Oregon State ... recorded a season-best of seven tackles against Colorado ... Had four stops in games against Washington State and Nebraska.ย
2014 - Did not see game action.
2013 - Did not see game action in his first year in the program.
HIGH SCHOOL - A four-star recruit according to rivals.com and scout.com โฆ Scout.comโs No. 8-ranked cornerback in the country and No. 2 in the West region โฆ Rated as the No. 25 recruit in the state of California and No. 169 in the country by rivals.com โฆ No. 13 on the scout.com West 150 list โฆ Selected to play in the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl all-star game โฆ Listed as the nationโs No. 191 recruit by ESPN โฆ Rated as the nationโs No. 20 cornerback and the No. 19 prospect in California by ESPN.com โฆ PrepStar All-American โฆ SuperPrepโs No. 13-ranked defensive back โฆ Rivals.comโs No. 13-ranked cornerback โฆ Regarded as the No. 2 recruit in the CA/NV/HI region by SuperPrep โฆ Had 42 tackles and eight interceptions in 13 games started as a senior ... Played only two games as a junior ... Recorded 47 tackles and three interceptions as a sophomore ... Coached by Justin Garza ... Also lettered in track for coach Davis.
PERSONAL - Full Name: John Aaron Johnson โฆ Born in Fresno, CAโฆ Parents: John Johnson, Sr. and Carmella Warren-Johnson โฆ Has two brothers, Brandon and Jaylon and a sister, Jaleesa ... Lists his biggest thrill in sports as guarding a 6-6 receiver in the high school playoffs and holding him to one catch ... Lists Deion Sanders as the athlete he admires the most โฆ Enjoys fishing ... Named to the Athletic Director's academic honor roll in Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2016, Winter 2017 and Spring 2017 quartersย ...ย Political Science major.
