Johnson spent the 2022 season, his first with the Bengals, on Cincinnati's practice squad ... An athletic DE who as a rookie in 2021 played 15 games for the N.Y. Giants, recording four tackles with one sack ... Originally entered the league as a college free agent signee of the N.Y. Giants in 2021 ... A three-time All-Sun Belt Conference selection during four-year career at Georgia Southern University (2017-20).
Signed with N.Y. Giants as college free agent on 5-13-21 ... Waived by Giants on 5-18-22 ... Signed with Cincinnati as free agent on 7-25-22 ... Waived by Bengals on 8-30-22 ... Signed to Bengals practice squad on 8-31-22 ... Signed to Bengals roster on 1-31-23 (Reserve/Future).
2021—Played in 15 games as a rookie for the N.Y. Giants ... Recorded four tackles (three solos), with one sack ... Made NFL debut on Sept. 12 against Denver ... Logged first career sack on Nov. 22 at Tampa Bay, bringing down QB Blaine Gabbert for a loss of 10 yards on third down to force a Buccaneers punt.Â
2022—Waived by the N.Y. Giants during the offseason, then signed by Cincinnati prior to the start of training camp ... Spent the 2022 season on the Bengals' practice squad.
College:Spent four seasons (2017-20) at Georgia Southern University, playing in 50 career games (47 starts) ... Totaled 150 tackles (76 solos), with 16.5 sacks and 36 TFLs ... Also had five PDs, two FFs and six FRs ... Selected first-team All-Sun Belt Conference as a junior and senior ... Earned second-team All-Sun Belt honors as a sophomore and honorable mention in freshman season ... As a senior, started all 13 games and tallied 38 tackles with five sacks and 14.5 TFLs.
High school/personal: Hometown is Sumter, S.C. ... Attended Sumter High School ... Selected to play in South Carolina's North-South All-Star Game as a senior ... Also played basketball for two seasons ... Majored in sport management at Georgia Southern.
