2020 - Second-Team All-American (Pro Football Focus)
2020 - All-Sun Belt Conference First Team
2020 - All-Sun Belt Conference First Team (Phil Steele)
2020 - All-Sun Belt Conference First Team (Pro Football Focus)
2019 - All-Sun Belt Conference First Team
2019 - All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team (Phil Steele)
2018 - All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team
2018 - All-Sun Belt First Team (Pro Football Focus)
2018 - All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team (Southern Pigskin)
2017 - All-Sun Belt Conference Honorable Mention
2020-21: Played in and started all 13 games … Saw action on 598 snaps (557 on defense, 41 on special teams) … A second-team All-American at edge defender and first-team all-conference selection by Pro Football Focus … A first-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection by the league and Phil Steele … Posted 38 tackles, including 14.5 for loss and five sacks, along with a school-record 15 quarterback hurries … Also had a pass break up, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery … Had four tackles, including three for loss and two sacks, in the win over Campbell in the opener … Had one stop against both Louisiana and ULM … Had half a sack against UMass … Had two tackles against Coastal Carolina … Had five tackles, including two for loss and 1.5 sacks, along with two quarterback hurries against South Alabama … Had a tackle and three quarterback hurries against Troy … Had two tackles, including half a stop for loss, against Texas State … Recorded five tackles, including a sack, at Army West Point … Posted a career-high five tackles for loss and also recovered a fumble at Georgia State … Recorded five tackles, including one for loss, and a quarterback hurry against Florida Atlantic … Had three tackles and a forced fumble against App State … Had a tackle and two quarterback hurries against Louisiana Tech in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.Â
2019-20: Played in and started 12 games, seeing action on 580 total plays (543 defensive) … Earned first-team All-Sun Belt honors from the league … Named to Phil Steele’s second team … Tallied 33 tackles on the season, including 7.0 for loss and 3.0 sacks … Also had four quarterback hurries, two pass break ups, a fumble recovery, a safety and a blocked kick … Got the start against No. 6 LSU in the opener, playing 44 defensive snaps … Had five tackles, including half a tackle for loss, against the Tigers … Had four tackles against Maine … Had six tackles, including 2.0 for loss, at Minnesota … Had two tackles against Louisiana … Had a big impact at South Alabama, blocking a field goal in overtime and then recovering a fumble in the second overtime … Also had three tackles, including half a stop for loss … Had three tackles, including one for loss, against Coastal Carolina … Had a tackle against New Mexico State … Had two tackles, including a sack, against No. 20 Appalachian State … Had two tackles and a pass breakup against Troy … Had a sack and a quarterback hurry against ULM … Had a sack at Arkansas State, but had to leave the game early with an injury … Missed the Georgia State game with an elbow injury … Had three tackles and two quarterback hurries against Liberty in the Cure Bowl.
2018-19: Played in and started all 13 games … A second-team All-Sun Belt selection from the conference, Southern Pigskin and Phil Steele … Earned first-team all-conference honors from Pro Football Focus … Was on the field for 504 total plays (497 defensive, seven special teams) … Recorded 43 total stops on the season, including a team-high 8.0 for loss and 4.5 sacks … Led the team with three fumble recoveries … Also had a forced fumble, a blocked PAT, three quarterback hurries and two pass breakups … Blocked a PAT in the opener against South Carolina State … Had four tackles at No. 2 Clemson … Posted at least half a tackle for loss in each of the next five games … Had 1.5 sacks and shared a key safety in the two-point win at Texas State … Posted six tackles against Troy … Had a season-high seven tackles, including 2.0 tackles for loss and a sacks, at Coastal Carolina … Recovered fumbles against UMass, Clemson and Coastal Carolina … Forced a fumble at New Mexico State.
2017-18: Played in all 12 games, starting the final nine games … An honorable mention All-Sun Belt selection … Was on the field for 531 defensive snaps … Recorded 36 tackles on the season, including 6.5 for loss and 4.0 sacks … Had seven quarterback hurries and a fumble recovery … Had three tackles (1u, 2a) against Auburn … Had four unassisted tackles and recovered a fumble against Arkansas State … Had a sack for a loss of 5 yards against New Mexico State … Had seven tackles (5u, 2a) and a sack against Georgia State … Recorded six tackles (3u, 3a), including 1.5 sacks for a loss of 6 yards, against Coastal Carolina.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Sumter High for Coach Mark Barnes … Ranked the No. 104 weakside defensive end in the country and the No. 37 player in the state of South Carolina by 247Sports … A three-star recruit … An all-state selection who was named defensive lineman of the year three times … Selected for the North-South All-Star Game … Also played basketball for two seasons.
PERSONAL: Born Raymond Johnson III on October 21 in Columbia, SC … Son of Yvonne Johnson.
MAJOR: Sport Management
