2020 Football Roster
Jermaine Johnson
- Position:
- OLB
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Eden Prairie, Minn.
- High School:
- Eden Prairie
- Prev School:
- Independence (Kan.) CC
Career High
* 4 tackles vs. Murray State, Auburn, 2019; vs. Alabama, 2020
2020: Played in seven of 10 games, starting in three...finished with 16 total stops, including 4.0 sacks (third-best on team) and 11 QB pressures...saw action in the Bulldogs' season-opening win at Arkansas...credited with two tackles, a pass breakup and a QB pressure...missed the Auburn & Tennessee games because of injury...returned to register four stops (1 QB sack) and two QB pressures vs. Alabama...had three tackles, including a sack, in win at Kentucky...two tackles, including a QB sack, and a QB pressure vs. Mississippi State.
2019: Played in all 14 games, starting vs. Murray State, and finished with 20 total stops...had a 6-yard sack vs. Arkansas State...assisted in a sack and another TFL vs. Murray State...had a key QB pressure on Notre Dame’s final offensive play...caused a key second-quarter fumble in win at Auburn...has 12 total QB pressures...had a pass breakup vs. South Carolina...three tackles and four QB pressures vs. Florida...enrolled at UGA in January and participated in bowl practices and Spring drills.
Junior College: Independence C.C., coached by Jason Brown…247Sports.com four-star JUCO prospect…PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, #1 overall nationally, #1 JUCO DE…Ranked as the #2 overall Junior College prospect nationally, the #2 JUCO Weakside defensive end prospect and the #1 JUCO prospect from Minnesota…Rivals.com four-star JUCO prospect, ranked as the #3 overall Junior College prospect nationally…totaled 96 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 12.5 sacks, four forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries in just 20 games for Independence…featured on season three of the award-winning Netflix documentary “Last Chance U.”
High School: Eden Prairie, coached by Mike Grant…247Sports.com three-star prospect…Ranked as the #105 Weakside Defensive End prospect and the #11 prospect in Minnesota…Rivals.com two-star prospect.
Personal: Full name: JERMAINE CURTIS JOHNSON...Major: Computer Systems Engineering...recipient of the Louis S. Sohn, Jr. Football Scholarship.
