Ryan Johnson

Position:
DL
Class:
Junior
Height:
6-4
Weight:
250
Hometown:
Starkville, Miss.
High School:
Starkville | Iowa Central CC

2022: Appeared in all 12 games for Akron, including five starts...registered 26 tackles, including 12 solo stops and 14 assisted tackles...recorded 3.0 tackles for a loss, one sack, one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry...collected a season-best four tackles against Saint Francis and Kent State...posted 3.0 tackles for a loss on the campaign with one each versus Liberty, Bowling Green and Kent State...tallied a sack against Liberty...netted a pass breakup at Tennessee and a quarterback hurry versus Ohio.

2021: Appeared in all 12 games for the Zips, including one start...made 14 tackles, including seven solo stops and seven assisted tackles...added a pair of quarterback hurries, 1.5 tackles for a loss and one sack...posted a season-high three tackles at Western Michigan (Nov. 9)...collected a sack at No. 10 Ohio State (Sept. 25)...made two tackles and assisted on a tackle for a loss at Toledo (Nov. 27)...added a pair of tackles against both Temple (Sept. 11) and in Akron’s victory over Bryant (Sept. 18)...registered a pair of quarterback hurries in the Zips’ win at Bowling Green (Oct. 9).

PRIOR TO AKRON: Appeared in seven games in the spring of 2021 registering 14.0 tackles and 4.0 sacks at Iowa Central Community College en route to earning all-region accolades...played in 10 of 11 contests at Northwest Mississippi Community College in 2019 and totaled 15 tackles, four TFLs, a sack and a hurry...garnered a season-best three tackles in the season-opener at East Central....played for coach Chris Jones at Starkville High School...helped the Yellowjackets to an 11-2 record and the second round of the Class 6A state playoffs as a senior...netted 33 total tackles, five quarterback hurries and a fumble recovery in his senior season.

PERSONAL: Majoring in communications...son of Ryan Johnson Sr. and Adrienne Jackson.