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2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 0
Kobe Johnson
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Milwaukee, Wis.
- High School:
- Nicolet HS
Bio
Career
Played in 125 career games, including 91 starts, through four seasons … spent his first three seasons at the University of Southern California (USC) before transferring to UCLA in the summer of 2024 … averaged 7.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.7 steals per game in his collegiate career … shot 43.5 percent from the field and 33.9 percent from 3-point range … also shot 76.7 percent from the free throw line (158-for-206) … secured conference All-Defensive Team honors in three seasons (2023 and 2024 in the Pac-12 and 2025 in the Big Ten) … scored at least 10 points in 45 career games … registered at least 20 points in two games … totaled a career-high 21 points for USC in games against Stanford (Jan. 6, 2024) and Washington (Feb. 4, 2023) … ranked second among all Pac-12 player in steals per game as a sophomore (2.18 spg in 2022-23) and junior (2.19 spg in 2023-24).
2024-25
Started all 34 games as a senior at UCLA … averaged 7.9 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists and a team-leading 1.6 steals per game … averaged a team-best 29.0 minutes per games … was selected to the five-man Big Ten All-Defensive Team, marking the third straight year in which he secured all-defensive honors within his conference … was listed as one of 30 players to the late season watch list for the Lefty Driesell Award, honoring the nation’s top defensive player (by CollegeInsider.com) … ranked No. 6 in the Big Ten in steals per game (1.6) and led UCLA in that category … shot 46.4 percent from the field and a career-best 36.2 percent from 3-point range … was one of four UCLA players to have shot at least 35.0 percent from 3-point distance … scored at least 10 points in 13 games … recorded a season-high 15 points in a home victory over Penn State (Feb. 8, 2025) … tallied his first and only collegiate double-double in the win over Penn State, with 15 points, 13 rebounds, six assists and four steals … totaled at least 10 rebounds in three games, including 13 rebounds against Penn State and in a home victory over Ohio State (Feb. 23, 2025) … registered a season-high seven assists in a win over Prairie View A&M (Dec. 17, 2024) … had at least one steal in 27 of 34 games, including two steals or more in 16 contests … logged a season-best six steals in a home win over Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 22, 2024), finishing the game with 12 points, six rebounds, five assists and six steals.
2023-24 (at USC)
Played in 31 games as a junior at USC, making 28 starts … averaged 10.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.2 steals per game … averaged 31.0 minutes per contest … was honored on the five-man Pac-12 All-Defensive Team for the second straight season … ranked second in the Pac-12 in steals per game (2.2) and No. 14 in the conference in assists per game (3.3) … shot 40.4 percent from the field and 31.3 percent from 3-point range … led the Trojans in steals (68, 2.2 spg) and ranked second on the team in rebounding (4.6 rpg) and assists (101 assists, 3.3 apg) … averaged 31.0 minutes per game (second on the team) … scored a career-high-tying 21 points in a win over Stanford (Jan. 6, 2024), shooting 9-for-18 from the field and 2-for-4 from 3-point territory … tallied at least 10 points in 18 games … recorded a career-high-tying nine rebounds in a win at Washington (March 2, 2024) … had a career-best nine assists at Oregon (Dec. 28) … totaled at least two steals in 17 games, securing a career-high-tying six steals in a home victory over Arizona (March 9) … recorded four steals in four consecutive Pac-12 games, late in the season (Feb. 17 through March 2) … blocked at least two shots in six contests … missed two non-conference games (left knee) against CSU Bakersfield (Nov. 9) and UC Irvine (Nov. 14).
2022-23 (at USC)
Played in all 33 games as a sophomore at USC, making 29 starts … averaged 9.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.2 steals per game … averaged 28.9 minutes per contest … was named to the five-man Pac-12 All-Defensive Team … ranked second in the Pac-12 in steals per game (2.2) and in free throw percentage (84.1%) … shot 46.8 percent from the field and 36.0 percent from 3-point distance … led the Trojans in steals (72, 2.2 spg), ranked third on the team in assists (85 assists, 2.6 apg) and was fourth in rebounding (5.0 rpg) … scored at least 10 points in 14 games … scored a season-high 21 points against Washington (Feb. 4), shooting 5-for-7 from the field and a perfect 9-for-9 at the free throw line … also had five assists and four steals in the Trojans’ 80-74 win over Washington … grabbed a season-high nine rebounds (and had 13 points) in USC’s NCAA Tournament first-round contest against Michigan State (March 17) … totaled at least two steals in 21 of 33 games, notching a season-high six steals in a 74-71 home victory over Auburn (Dec. 18) … registered a season-high six assists in two games … had a career-high three blocks against Wisconsin in the 2022 Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas.
2021-22 (at USC)
Played in 27 games as a freshman at USC … averaged 1.2 points, 1.0 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game … averaged 7.6 minutes per contest … scored a season-high seven points in a Pac-12 Tournament contest against UCLA (March 11), making 2-of-4 shots from the field and going 2-for-2 at the free throw line … totaled a season-high five rebounds at Oregon (Feb. 26) … had a season-high five steals at Oregon State (Feb. 24).
High School
… graduated from Nicolet High School in Glendale, Wisc. … averaged 26.7 points, 10.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.4 steals per game as a senior, as the Nicolet program went 14-10 overall … secured Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WCBA) Division II All-State honors as a junior and senior … during his junior season, led Nicolet to a 21-3 record and averaged 19.5 points, 8.7 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 3.1 steals per game … as a sophomore at Nicolet, led the high school team to a 27-1 record … Nicolet won the Division II Wisconsin state title for the first time in school history … graduated from Nicolet High School with the program’s single-season scoring record and was second on the school’s career scoring list.
Personal
Kobe Johnson was born in Milwaukee, Wis. … is the son of Roderick Jr. Johnson and Stacey Johnson … has three brothers, Rod Johnson, Jalen Johnson and Rodez Watson … brother, Rod, played college basketball at Chattanooga and Western Illinois … brother, Jalen, competed on the Nicolet High School state title team in 2019 before playing at Duke during the 2020-21 season and getting selected No. 20 overall in the 2021 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks … father, Roderick, played basketball at Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Southeast Missouri State before playing professionally in Poland for two seasons … mother, Stacey, played college basketball at Wisconsin-Milwaukee … favorite athlete when he was younger was Kobe Bryant … African-American studies major.
Played in 125 career games, including 91 starts, through four seasons … spent his first three seasons at the University of Southern California (USC) before transferring to UCLA in the summer of 2024 … averaged 7.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.7 steals per game in his collegiate career … shot 43.5 percent from the field and 33.9 percent from 3-point range … also shot 76.7 percent from the free throw line (158-for-206) … secured conference All-Defensive Team honors in three seasons (2023 and 2024 in the Pac-12 and 2025 in the Big Ten) … scored at least 10 points in 45 career games … registered at least 20 points in two games … totaled a career-high 21 points for USC in games against Stanford (Jan. 6, 2024) and Washington (Feb. 4, 2023) … ranked second among all Pac-12 player in steals per game as a sophomore (2.18 spg in 2022-23) and junior (2.19 spg in 2023-24).
2024-25
Started all 34 games as a senior at UCLA … averaged 7.9 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists and a team-leading 1.6 steals per game … averaged a team-best 29.0 minutes per games … was selected to the five-man Big Ten All-Defensive Team, marking the third straight year in which he secured all-defensive honors within his conference … was listed as one of 30 players to the late season watch list for the Lefty Driesell Award, honoring the nation’s top defensive player (by CollegeInsider.com) … ranked No. 6 in the Big Ten in steals per game (1.6) and led UCLA in that category … shot 46.4 percent from the field and a career-best 36.2 percent from 3-point range … was one of four UCLA players to have shot at least 35.0 percent from 3-point distance … scored at least 10 points in 13 games … recorded a season-high 15 points in a home victory over Penn State (Feb. 8, 2025) … tallied his first and only collegiate double-double in the win over Penn State, with 15 points, 13 rebounds, six assists and four steals … totaled at least 10 rebounds in three games, including 13 rebounds against Penn State and in a home victory over Ohio State (Feb. 23, 2025) … registered a season-high seven assists in a win over Prairie View A&M (Dec. 17, 2024) … had at least one steal in 27 of 34 games, including two steals or more in 16 contests … logged a season-best six steals in a home win over Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 22, 2024), finishing the game with 12 points, six rebounds, five assists and six steals.
2023-24 (at USC)
Played in 31 games as a junior at USC, making 28 starts … averaged 10.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.2 steals per game … averaged 31.0 minutes per contest … was honored on the five-man Pac-12 All-Defensive Team for the second straight season … ranked second in the Pac-12 in steals per game (2.2) and No. 14 in the conference in assists per game (3.3) … shot 40.4 percent from the field and 31.3 percent from 3-point range … led the Trojans in steals (68, 2.2 spg) and ranked second on the team in rebounding (4.6 rpg) and assists (101 assists, 3.3 apg) … averaged 31.0 minutes per game (second on the team) … scored a career-high-tying 21 points in a win over Stanford (Jan. 6, 2024), shooting 9-for-18 from the field and 2-for-4 from 3-point territory … tallied at least 10 points in 18 games … recorded a career-high-tying nine rebounds in a win at Washington (March 2, 2024) … had a career-best nine assists at Oregon (Dec. 28) … totaled at least two steals in 17 games, securing a career-high-tying six steals in a home victory over Arizona (March 9) … recorded four steals in four consecutive Pac-12 games, late in the season (Feb. 17 through March 2) … blocked at least two shots in six contests … missed two non-conference games (left knee) against CSU Bakersfield (Nov. 9) and UC Irvine (Nov. 14).
2022-23 (at USC)
Played in all 33 games as a sophomore at USC, making 29 starts … averaged 9.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.2 steals per game … averaged 28.9 minutes per contest … was named to the five-man Pac-12 All-Defensive Team … ranked second in the Pac-12 in steals per game (2.2) and in free throw percentage (84.1%) … shot 46.8 percent from the field and 36.0 percent from 3-point distance … led the Trojans in steals (72, 2.2 spg), ranked third on the team in assists (85 assists, 2.6 apg) and was fourth in rebounding (5.0 rpg) … scored at least 10 points in 14 games … scored a season-high 21 points against Washington (Feb. 4), shooting 5-for-7 from the field and a perfect 9-for-9 at the free throw line … also had five assists and four steals in the Trojans’ 80-74 win over Washington … grabbed a season-high nine rebounds (and had 13 points) in USC’s NCAA Tournament first-round contest against Michigan State (March 17) … totaled at least two steals in 21 of 33 games, notching a season-high six steals in a 74-71 home victory over Auburn (Dec. 18) … registered a season-high six assists in two games … had a career-high three blocks against Wisconsin in the 2022 Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas.
2021-22 (at USC)
Played in 27 games as a freshman at USC … averaged 1.2 points, 1.0 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game … averaged 7.6 minutes per contest … scored a season-high seven points in a Pac-12 Tournament contest against UCLA (March 11), making 2-of-4 shots from the field and going 2-for-2 at the free throw line … totaled a season-high five rebounds at Oregon (Feb. 26) … had a season-high five steals at Oregon State (Feb. 24).
High School
… graduated from Nicolet High School in Glendale, Wisc. … averaged 26.7 points, 10.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.4 steals per game as a senior, as the Nicolet program went 14-10 overall … secured Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WCBA) Division II All-State honors as a junior and senior … during his junior season, led Nicolet to a 21-3 record and averaged 19.5 points, 8.7 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 3.1 steals per game … as a sophomore at Nicolet, led the high school team to a 27-1 record … Nicolet won the Division II Wisconsin state title for the first time in school history … graduated from Nicolet High School with the program’s single-season scoring record and was second on the school’s career scoring list.
Personal
Kobe Johnson was born in Milwaukee, Wis. … is the son of Roderick Jr. Johnson and Stacey Johnson … has three brothers, Rod Johnson, Jalen Johnson and Rodez Watson … brother, Rod, played college basketball at Chattanooga and Western Illinois … brother, Jalen, competed on the Nicolet High School state title team in 2019 before playing at Duke during the 2020-21 season and getting selected No. 20 overall in the 2021 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks … father, Roderick, played basketball at Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Southeast Missouri State before playing professionally in Poland for two seasons … mother, Stacey, played college basketball at Wisconsin-Milwaukee … favorite athlete when he was younger was Kobe Bryant … African-American studies major.
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