2024 Football Roster
Roster
Johnson, Ryan

Jersey Number 23
Ryan Johnson
- Position:
- Outside Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 255
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Starkville, Miss.
- High School:
- Starkville HS
- Prev School:
- Iowa Central CC / Akron
Bio
Akron: Posted four tackles in four games for Akron in 2023…Appeared in all 12 games for Akron, including five starts in 2022...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...Appeared in all 12 games for the Zips, including one start in 2021...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).
Junior College: 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.
High School: 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: Son of Ryan Johnson Sr. and Adrienne Jackson…Majoring in Liberal Studies.
Junior College: 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.
High School: 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: Son of Ryan Johnson Sr. and Adrienne Jackson…Majoring in Liberal Studies.
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