2024 Redshirt Junior:
Played and started 11 games, recording 53 tackles, a team-high 11 passes defended, four tackles for loss, and two interceptions … Named All-Big Ten Second Team … Became the first Northwestern player since at least 2005 to register 10+ pass breakups and 4+ tackles for loss in a season … Became the first Wildcat to record 10+ pass breakups in a season since AJ Hampton (13) in 2021 … Ranked tied for second in the Big Ten with 11 passes broken up … Was the only player in the Big Ten with at least 10 passes broken up and 3.0 tackles for loss … Notched a team-high six tackles and one pass breakup in a win over Miami (Ohio) (8/31) … Tallied five tackles, one tackle for loss, and one interception against Duke (9/6) … Totaled four tackles and two pass breakups in a win against Eastern Illinois (9/14) … Broke up three passes while logging five tackles and one tackle for loss against Indiana (10/5) … His three passes defended were the most by a Northwestern player since Cameron Mitchell (3) on Nov. 5, 2022 against Ohio State … Accounted for three pass breakups with five tackles and one tackle for loss in a win at Maryland (10/11) … Recorded six pass breakups in two weeks against Indiana and Maryland, the most by any player in the nation over that span … Allowed just four completions on 14 targets during the two weeks … Became just the fifth NU player since 2000 to have two games of 3+ passes defended in a season … Registered the first pick-six of his career with an 85-yard interception returned for a touchdown against Iowa (10/26) … Marked Northwestern's first interception return for a touchdown since Kyle Quiero’s 26-yard touchdown return against Kentucky on Dec. 29, 2017 and the first in conference play since Nick VanHoose’s 72-yard return against Nebraska on Oct. 24, 2015 … Johnson’s touchdown return was the sixth-longest defensive play in program history, the third-longest interception return in school history, and longest since 1948 … Logged a career-high seven tackles with one pass breakup in a win over Purdue (11/2) … Totaled six tackles, including a tackle for loss, vs. Michigan (11/23)
2023 Redshirt Sophomore:
Appeared and started in 12 games, totaling 37 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, one interception, and five passes broken up … Recorded a career-high six tackles against Rutgers (9/3) … Made five tackles versus Duke (9/16) … Had five tackles against Howard (10/7) … Accounted for three tackles, his first career tackle for loss, and one pass broken up in a win over Maryland (10/28) … Logged first career interception against Iowa (11/4) … Recorded four tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss in the Las Vegas Bowl victory against Utah (12/23)
2022 Redshirt First-Year:
Appeared in 11 games, starting two, and recorded 13 tackles and three passes defended … Made his first career start against Southern Illinois, recording a season-high four tackles and two passes defended (9/17) … Made one tackle and defended one pass against Miami (OH) (9/24) … Made three tackles, two solo, against Wisconsin (10/8) … Recorded two tackles against Minnesota (11/12)
2021 First-Year:
Appeared in three games, making his collegiate debut in the win over Rutgers (10/16)
High School:
Three-star recruit verbally committed to Northwestern on May 3, 2020 … Eighth-rated prospect in Indiana (247Sports) … Indiana Mr. Football nominee … Earned all-conference and all-state honors as a junior and senior … Recorded 62 tackles, four interceptions and seven pass breakups as a junior at North Central … Returned punts as well for the Panthers … Selected Northwestern over Notre Dame and Cincinnati … Father played football at Louisville … Honor roll member
Pronounciation: th-AIR-in
