Personal
- Born in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Has two brothers and three sisters
- Brother-in-law is K.C. Bills, who played safety for BYU in 2005
- Served a Church mission in Campinas, Brazil
- Parents are Curtis and Tammy Johnson
- Eagle Scout
- Recruited by Utah State, Southern Utah, Harvard and Princeton
Before BYU
- Two-year letterwinner at Timpview High School
- Named first-team all-region and all-state
- Named defensive player of the year as a junior and senior
- Earned academic all-state honors
- Helped team to a 13-1 record senior year
- Played in the state all-star game
- Two-year letterwinner in baseball
Stats
| Career | Tackles | Sacks | Interceptions | Misc | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | GP | SOLO | AST | TOT | TFL/YDS | NO | YDS | INT | YDS | TD | FF | FR | FRYDS | QBH | PBU |
| 2009 | 12 | 47 | 24 | 3 | 1 / 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2008 | 10 | 28 | 31 | 0 | 2 / 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 0 | 5 |
| 2007 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS: | 36 | 81 | 66 | 3 | 3 / 5 | - | - | 4 | 57 | - | 4 | 1 | 64 | - | 14 |