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M.J. Johnson
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 168
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Enterprise, Ala.
- High School:
- Enterprise HS
- Prev School:
- Northwest Mississippi CC
2025 (R-So.): Finished 10-2, falling to Hutchinson Community College in the NJCAA semifinal…In 12 games, caught 38 passes for 497 yards and six touchdowns…Best game of the season was a nine-catch, 163-yard performance with three touchdown catches, including a season-best catch of 84 yards… 2024 (R-Fr.): Helped Northwest to a 10-2 overall record, the MACCC Championship and an appearance in the NJCAA Division I Football Playoffs last season...Played in all 12 games, catching 24 passes for 416 yards and four touchdowns...Was also a dangerous return specialist, logging 541 yards on 25 kickoff returns, moving into fifth in the single-season record books for most kickoff return yards...Returned five kicks for 152 yards in the Rangers’ MACCC semifinal victory against Mississippi Gulf Coast...Caught three passes for 108 yards and a touchdown in the same game...Voted as the MACCC and NJCAA Special Teams Player of the Week following his performance vs. Mississippi Gulf Coast…
2023 (Fr.): Played in one game at Troy before sitting out the remainder of the season...In his lone game of the season, totaled 37 kick return yards in the Trojans’ victory against Stephen F. Austin…High School: Played for head coach Ben Blackmon at Enterprise...Helped the Wildcats to an 8-5 overall record during his senior season...Concluded his varsity career with 3,305 rushing yards and 40 touchdowns, finishing second in school history for career rushing yards...Rushed for 484 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior, while also compiling 632 receiving yards and eight touchdowns...Named two-time all-state selection and chosen to compete in the Alabama North-South All-Star Game...Played basketball at EHS, helping the program to the 2022 AHSAA Class 7A State Championship game…Personal: Son of Turkessa Johnson...Has three siblings...Enjoys fishing and mud riding in his spare time... Nickname is “MJ”...Born December 26.
2023 (Fr.): Played in one game at Troy before sitting out the remainder of the season...In his lone game of the season, totaled 37 kick return yards in the Trojans’ victory against Stephen F. Austin…High School: Played for head coach Ben Blackmon at Enterprise...Helped the Wildcats to an 8-5 overall record during his senior season...Concluded his varsity career with 3,305 rushing yards and 40 touchdowns, finishing second in school history for career rushing yards...Rushed for 484 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior, while also compiling 632 receiving yards and eight touchdowns...Named two-time all-state selection and chosen to compete in the Alabama North-South All-Star Game...Played basketball at EHS, helping the program to the 2022 AHSAA Class 7A State Championship game…Personal: Son of Turkessa Johnson...Has three siblings...Enjoys fishing and mud riding in his spare time... Nickname is “MJ”...Born December 26.
2026 National Signing Day Press Conference with Blake Anderson
Wednesday, February 04
Southern Miss 2026 National Signing Day
Wednesday, February 04
Christian Ostrander Preseason Press Conference
Monday, January 19
Blake Anderson Introductory Press Conference
Monday, December 15
