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Jersey Number 90
Ayden Johnson
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 330
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Sulfur Springs, Texas
- High School:
- Mount Pleasant
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- Attended Mount Pleasant High School in Sulfur Springs, Texas ... helped push Mount Pleasant to the area round of the Class 5A Division II playoffs his senior year, marking the first time in 27 years the school has won a postseason game.
- Three-year varsity letterwinner under head coach Joe Cluley, who has ties to West Texas as the former head coach of Lubbock Estacado High School … named to the District 7-5A first team his senior season ... recognized as one of the state’s top-10 defensive linemen entering his 2025 senior season by TXTop Talent.
- Previously totaled 35 tackles, including 5.0 for a loss and a sack as a junior … limited to only seven games, recording five or more stops in five of those contests, including a season-high seven tackles against Lindale.
- Also a member of the Mount Pleasant track and field program similar to many other Texas Tech signees under Joey McGuire … standout in the discus and shot put, posting a 134-8 discus throw and a 40-6 shot put rep.
- Consensus three-star prospect by the likes of Rivals, 247Sports and ESPN … ranked as high as No. 68 nationally among interior defensive linemen by ESPN …. committed to Texas Tech on November 30, 2024, more than a year prior to joining the Red Raiders as a mid-year enrollee in January 2026 … CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Texas State, UTEP, UTSA and others.
PERSONAL
- Ayden “AJ” Johnson ... goes by AJ ... son to Larry Jo Johnson and Tonya Dashawn Rosborough ... has four siblings, Keegan, Kesha, Kylee and Tyrel ... born in Sulfur Springs, Texas.
- Intends to major in kinesiology at Texas Tech.
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