HIGH SCHOOL
• Standout at Gainesville High School in Georgia for coach Bruce Miller • Rivals: 4-star (No. 136 overall prospect nationally, No. 8 overall inside linebacker, No. 12 overall prospect in Georgia) • Scout: 4-star (No. 16 overall middle linebacker) • ESPN: 4-star (No. 118 overall prospect nationally, No. 5 overall inside linebacker) • Georgia’s Class AAA Defensive Player of the Year • Named First Team Class AAA All-State following three consecutive seasons (2008-10) • Member of Under Armour All-America Team • Named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super 11 team
CAREER STATISTICS Defense GP/GS UT AT TT Sack TFL FF FR QH Int High Tk 2011 12/10 37 43 80 0-0 4.5-7 1 2 0 0-0 13-Ala 2012 12/12 63 75 138 1-10 8.5-25 0 1 8 0-0 21-MSU 2013 12/12 60 46 106 0-0 8.5-17 0 1 3 0-0 13-VU Totals 36/34 160 164 324 1-10 21.5-49 1 4 11 0-0 21-MSU Rushing 2012
GP No Yds Avg Per/G TD Long High Yd 12 12 21 1.8 1.8 6 4-2x 6-Ala
CAREER HIGHS Tackles 21 at Mississippi State, 10/13/12 Forced Fumble/Fumble Recovery 1 at Florida, 9/17/11 Tackles for Loss 1.5 at Alabama, 10/22/11 20-Tackle Games 21 at Mississippi State, 10/13/12 10-Tackle Games 18 (last 13 vs. Vanderbilt, 11/23/13) Rushing Yards 5 vs. Florida, 9/15/12 Touchdowns 1 six times, last vs. Kentucky, 11/24/12
as a senior in 2010 • Selected to ESPNU 150 and Rivals250 teams • The Gainesville Times 2010 Football Player of the Year • Named to Mobile Press-Register’s Southeast 120 and ranked 77th • Posted 173 tackles, 29 tackles for loss, eight forced fumbles, seven pass breakups, six sacks and two interceptions in senior campaign
PERSONAL
• Full name: Alexander James Johnson • Born: December 24, 1991 • Son of Vivian Drake • Majoring in Sociology
CAREER GAME-BY-GAME 2011 Opp. U-A-T, Other Montana 0-3-3, 0.5-0 tfl Cincinnati 0-1-1, 0.5-0 tfl at Florida 7-0-7, ff, fr Buffalo 1-5-6, 1-1 tfl Georgia 1-3-4 LSU 4-7-11 at Alabama 5-8-13, 1.5-1 tfl South Carolina 6-6-12, fr MTSU 5-0-5 at Arkansas 1-4-5 Vanderbilt 2-2-4 at Kentucky 5-4-9, 1-4 tfl 2013 Opp. Austin Peay W. Kentucky at Oregon at Florida So. Alabama Georgia
2012 Opp. U-A-T, Other vs. NC State 3-1-4 Ga. State 2-3-5, qh Florida 6-5-11, 1-6 tfl; 2-5 TD rush Akron 5-6-11, qh; 2-2 TD rush at Georgia 2-9-11, 1-1 tfl, fr; 1-1 TD rush at Miss State 4-17-21, 1.5-3 tfl Alabama 4-10-14, 3-6 TD rush at S. Carolina 9-2-11, 2-2 rush Troy 9-4-13, 1-2 tfl, qh Missouri 5-6-11, pd at Vanderbilt 6-6-12, 2-2 tfl, qh Kentucky 8-6-14, 1-10 sk, 2-11 tfl, qh; 1-2 TD rush
U-A-T, Other 2013 Opp. 1-1-2 So. Carolina 3-5-8, 1-1 tfl, qh at Alabama 2-5-7 at Missouri 7-3-10, 1-2 tfl Auburn 3-5-8, 1-1 tfl, pd, qh Vanderbilt 6-6-12, 1.5-3 tfl at Kentucky
GENERAL STAFF PLAYERS REVIEW HISTORY
Montana (9/3). One of 12 true freshmen to play in opener • Along with Curt Maggitt, believed to be first true freshmen to start at linebacker for UT
U-A-T, Other 6-2-8 4-6-10, qh 6-5-11 7-1-8, 1-3 tfl 8-5-13, 2-5 tfl, pd 6-3-9, 1-2 tfl
JOHNSON ON THE CHARTS ¢ Assisted Tackles - Season
¢ Total Tackles - Season 1. 194 2. 190 3. 182 4. 174 5. 167 6. 165 165 8. 163 163 10. 159 -- 138
¢ 1. 2. 5. 8. 9. 11.
Andy Spiva Jamie Rotella Steve Poole Ray Nettles Carl Zander Andy Spiva Tom Fisher Russ Williams Andy Spiva Keith DeLong A.J. Johnson
1976 1972 1974 1971 1984 1975 1964 1975 1974 1988 2012
1. 90 2. 76 3. 75 4. 71 5. 70 6. 67 7. 66 66 9. 65 65
Jamie Rotella Carl Johnson A.J. Johnson Steve Poole Bobby Majors David Campbell Ray Nettles John Wagster Carl Zander Andy Spiva
At/Vs. at Auburn vs. Vanderbilt vs. Alabama vs. Vanderbilt at Boston College vs. Auburn vs. Kentucky vs. Alabama vs. Florida at Alabama at Miss. St.
¢ Assisted Tackles - Career 1. 193 2. 181 3. 164 4. 163 5. 149 6. 147 7. 138 8. 131 9. 126 10. 121
Andy Spiva 1973-76 Jamie Rotella 1970-72 A.J. Johnson 2011Rico McCoy 2006-09 Earnest Fields 1987-91 Carl Zander 1981-84 John Wagster 1970-72 Steve Poole 1973-75 Russ Williams 1974-77 Ronnie McCartney 1973-75
¢ Most Asst. Tackles - Single Game
Most Total Tackles - Single Game No. Name 28 Tom Fisher 25 Greg Jones 25 Greg Jones 25 Andy Spiva 24 Kelly Ziegler 24 Lemont Holt Jeffers 24 Andy Spiva 23 Keith DeLong 22 Andy Spiva 22 Ray Nettles 21 A.J. Johnson
1972 1972 2012 1974 1971 1973 1971 1971 1984 1975
Year 1964 1977 1976 1975 1987 1981 1976 1988 1976 1971 2012
1. 2.
No. Name 17 A.J. Johnson 13 Lavoisier Fisher 13 Alvin Toles 13 Carl Zander 13 Danny Jenkins
At/Vs. at Miss. St. at Auburn vs. Mississippi vs. Pittsburgh vs. California
Year 2012 1984 1983 1983 1977
¢ 2012 NCAA National Tackle Leaders 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Name Dan Molls Marvin Burdette Nick Clancy A.J. Johnson Eric Kendricks
School Toledo UAB Boston College Tennessee UCLA
Tackles T/G 166 13.83 157 13.08 145 12.08 138 11.50 137 10.54
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