2026 Football Roster
Roster
Max Johnson
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 225
- Class:
- Seventh Year
- Hometown:
- Athens, Ga.
- High School:
- Oconee County
- Prev School:
- LSU/Texas A&M/North Carolina
2025-26: Played in four games at North Carolina, starting one … Completed 62.1% of his passes for 432 yards, two touchdowns and zero interceptions … Transferred to Georgia Southern in January.
2024-25: Suffered a season-ending injury in the season opener against Minnesota … Had 12 completions and rushed for a touchdown to lift the Tar Heels to the victory against the Gophers.
2023-24: Filled the quarterback position after starting quarterback Conner Weigman suffered a season-ending injury in the fourth game of the season at Texas A&M … Played in eight games, starting five … Led the Aggies completing 118 of 190 passes for 1,452 yards and nine touchdowns through the air … Saw action in the season-opening win over New Mexico going 6 of 9 for 41 yards passing and one score … Was 7 of 11 for 62 yards and one touchdown in the win over ULM … Started the second half in the win over Auburn passing 7 of 11 for 123 yards and two touchdowns, including a score to his little brother Jake Johnson marking the first brother-to-brother touchdown in A&M history … Made his first start of the season in the win over Arkansas finishing 17 of 28 for 210 yards and two touchdowns, also rushed nine times for 57 yards … Passed 14 of 25 for 239 yards against Alabama and 16 of 34 for 223 yards at Tennessee, recorded his first rushing score as an Aggie against the Vols … Registered his first 300-yard passing game as an Aggie and the sixth of his career when he completed a career-best 31 passes for 305 yards at Ole Miss … Missed the last four games of the season due to injury.
2022-23: Started three of four games he appeared in, including two starts were top 15 ranked wins against No. 13 Miami and No. 10 Arkansas in back-to-back weeks before his season was cut short due to injury … Was redshirted … Completed 3 of 4 passes for 23 yards, while rushing for 11 yards in his Aggie debut against Sam Houston … Made his first start of the season against Miami, connecting on 10 of 20 passes for 140 yards and one scoring pass … Threw for 151 yards on 11-of-21 passing, connecting on one touchdown pass, and rushed for 48 yards in the win over Arkansas … Registered 203 yards on 19-of-26 passing and one score at Mississippi State, before suffering a season-ending injury … Won the team Offensive Attitude Award.
2021-22: Started all 12 games at LSU … Finished the season 225 of 373 for 2,815 yards and 27 touchdowns … Connected on 26-of-46 passes for 330 yards and three scoring passes in the season opener at UCLA … Threw for 372 yards on 26-of-35 passing, connecting on five touchdown passes against Central Michigan … Helped the Tigers open SEC play with a win over Mississippi State, going 17 of 27 with 280 yards and four touchdowns … Connected on three touchdown passes in the win over Florida … Went 22 of 33 for 319 yards and two touchdowns in the win over ULM … Closed out the season with 306 yards on 22-of-38 passing and three touchdowns.
2020-21: Appeared in six games, starting twice … Connected on 88 of 150 passes for 1,069 yards, eight touchdowns and only one interception, adding 119 rushing yards and a pair of scores … Took over the starting quarterback duties for the Tigers in Week 9 against Florida and rallied LSU to back-to-back wins over the Gators and Ole Miss to close out the season … Was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the win over No. 6 Florida in Gainesville in what was his first career start, completing 21-of-36 passes for 239 yards and three TDs while also adding another 52 rushing yards … Completed 27 of 51 passes for 435 yards and three TDs in the win over Ole Miss, adding 45 rushing yards and a pair of rushing touchdowns … Made his college debut against South Carolina, rushing twice for 19 yards.
HIGH SCHOOL: One of the nation’s top prep quarterbacks, playing for Coach Travis Noland at Oconee County High School in Watkinsville, Georgia… Was a four-star pro-style quarterback by Rivals and 247Sports … Threw for 5,140 yards and 47 TDs, adding 289 rushing yards and 14 TDs in his career … As a senior, threw for 2,143 yards, 30 TDs and only five interceptions … Rushed for seven TDs as a senior in 2019 … Ranked as the No. 15 pro-style quarterback by 247Sports and as the No. 52 overall prospect in Georgia … Ranked No. 123 on the ESPN 300 list … As a sophomore, passed for 1,918 yards … Ranked the 11th-best at his position by Rivals and 30th-best overall prospect in the state of Georgia… Led Oconee County to Georgia 4A state title game as a senior …
PERSONAL: Born Maximus Johnson on April 20 in Tallahassee, FL … The son of Brad and Nikki Johnson … Father, Brad, played quarterback at Florida State and then was the starting quarterback in Tampa Bay’s win over Oakland in Super Bowl XXXVII … Mom, Nikki, was a standout volleyball player at South Florida, setting school record for kills (1,726), digs (1,462) and hitting percentage (.303) during her career … Is the nephew of former Georgia and Miami head coach Mark Richt.
MAJOR: Max Wright University Studies - Architecture (Texas A&M; Graduated in August 2022)
