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Jersey Number 7
Jah'Shawn Johnson
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Ennis, Texas
- High School:
- Ennis
Bio
2018 SEASON (SENIOR)
Wrapped his Red Raider career as a four-year starter in the secondary … named a team captain prior to the season for the second-consecutive year … limited to only nine games overall, including eight starts, due to an offseason injury that kept him out of non-conference action … still managed 60 tackles, which ranked fourth on the team … added one tackle for a loss to go along with an interception, two pass breakups and a pair of quarterback hurries … recorded at least three tackles in all nine appearances … posted 10 or more tackles in two games, giving him 10 such occurrences over his career … closed his career with 324 tackles, five shy of tying Charles Rowe (1986-89) for 10th all-time in program history … IN BIG 12 RANKINGS: closed the year averaging 6.7 tackles per game, which ranked 12th in the league … ranked 17th in the conference for tackles per game during Big 12 play … SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: returned from injury with four tackles and a quarterback hurry in road win at Oklahoma State (9/22) … followed with five tackles the next week against West Virginia (9/29) … posted four tackles in Thursday night raod win at TCU (10/11) … broke up a pass and added three passes versus Kansas (10/20) … recorded eight tackles, including one for a loss, at Iowa State (10/27) the following week) … reached the double-digit mark against Oklahoma (11/3), totaling 10 in the near upset victory … closed his career at Jones AT&T Stadium with eight tackles on Senior Night versus Texas (11/10) … added five tackles at Kansas State before notching a season-high 13 takedowns in his final game as a Red Raider versus Baylor (11/24) in Arlington … performance included an interception early in the second quarter as well as a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup … interception marked the sixth of his career and the 18th career takeaway to be part of … was his third forced turnover against Baylor alone … AWARDS AND HISTORY: honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by the conference coaches … preseason candidate for the Jim Thorpe Award … member of the Reese’s Senior Bowl watch list and All-Big 12 preseason team.
2017 SEASON (JUNIOR)
Named a team captain prior to the season … appeared in all 13 games while making 12 starts …. lone missed start came against Kansas State (11/4) after a targeting penalty late in the Oklahoma game (10/28) … had previously started the previous 33-consecutive games before missing the first half against the Wildcats … finished second on the team with 97 tackles (68 solo), the most in his career … enters his 2018 senior season needing 65 tackles to join the top 10 in Texas Tech career history … four of his tackles went for a loss, resulting in nine yards overall … experienced leader for a Tech defense that ranked sixth nationally with 29 forced turnovers … had one forced fumble of his own to go along with five pass breakups … finished with 10 or more tackles in two games, giving him eight games in double digits now during his career … finished with at least a share of the team high for tackles in five games … IN NCAA RANKINGS: ended the year ranked 36th nationally for solo tackles per game (5.2) and 120th in total tackles per game (7.5) … IN BIG 12 RANKINGS: was seventh in the conference for solo tackles per game and ninth for total tackles per game … averaged 7.1 tackles per game in league play only which ranked 12th overall …. SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: began the year with seven tackles, a pass breakup and a forced fumble in the season opener against Eastern Washington (9/2) … forced fumble came on Eastern Washington’s first play of the game … the Red Raiders had not previously opened a season with a turnover on its first defensive play of the game since Brian Duncan intercepted Eastern Washington to start the 2008 campaign … followed with a season-high 12 tackles against Arizona State (9/16) … closed non-conference play with six tackles at Houston (9/23) … opened Big 12 play the next week with eight tackles against Oklahoma State (9/30) … posted seven tackles at Kansas (10/7) to go along with a career-high two pass breakups … came close to double digits in tackles each of the next three weeks with eight takedowns at West Virginia (10/14) and Oklahoma and nine versus Iowa State (10/21) … broke up a pass against both West Virginia and Oklahoma as well … notched two tackles in just the second half against Kansas State … put together five tackles in the win over Baylor (11/11) … returned to double digits against TCU (11/18) with 10 tackles … closed the regular season with seven tackles, including one for a loss, at Texas (11/24) … had another tackle for a loss in the Birmingham Bowl versus USF … finished with eight tackles against the Bulls, all solo … AWARDS AND HONORS: named to the All-Big 12 second team by the conference coaches … one of three Red Raider defenders to collect All-Big 12 honors … marked the first time since 2012 that Tech had three or more defensive players earn first or second team honors.
2016 SEASON (SOPHOMORE)
Became Texas Tech’s second-leading tackler as a sophomore … played and started in all 12 games … joined Breiden Fehoko as the only Red Raider defensive players to start in all 12 games … now started in each of his past 25 games dating back to the start of his 2015 redshirt freshman campaign … posted 77 tackles on the year (57 solo) … also had three tackles for a loss, a sack as well as three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery … picked off a team-high two passes in the secondary while breaking up six others … his six pass breakups were tied for second on the team … IN NCAA RANKINGS: ranked 27th for forced fumbles per game (0.25) … IN BIG 12 RANKINGS: ended the year tied with Dorance Armstrong Jr. (Kansas) for the league high in forced fumbles per game … ranked 17th in the league for passes defended per game (0.67) and 18th for tackles per game (6.4) … all three of his forced fumbles came during Big 12 play which was tied for the league high with Armstrong … was also 17th in both tackles per game (6.7) and passes defended per game (0.78) during conference action … SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: opened the year with four tackles in season opener against Stephen F. Austin (9/3) … had five tackles, including one for a loss, as well as a pass breakup the following week at Arizona State (9/10) … closed non-conference play with eight tackles against Louisiana Tech (9/17) … began Big 12 play with five tackles and an interception against Kansas (9/29) … posted two tackles and a key pass breakup at Kansas State (10/8) … had a pass breakup in each of the next two games against West Virginia (10/15) and Oklahoma (10/22) … recorded 10 tackles against the Mountaineers, his first of four games on the season with at least 10 takedowns … other performances included a season-high 11 tackles against Texas (11/5) and then 10 versus both Oklahoma State (11/12) and Baylor (11/25) … Texas game also featured his first forced fumble of the season and a pass breakup … forced fumbles in each of the final two games as well against Iowa State (11/19) and Baylor … contributed to three total turnovers against Baylor with his fifth career forced fumble in the first quarter, a fumble recovery in the third quarter and an interception midway through the fourth … also added his first career sack in the second quarter.
2015 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
Started at safety in each of Texas Tech’s 13 games ... played a role in eight turnovers on the season (four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, two interceptions) ... finished with 85 tackles, which ranked third on the team ... ranked second nationally and led the Big 12 in fumbles recovered (four) ... his four fumble recoveries are the most for a Red Raider since Franklin Mitchem had three in 2009 ... SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: opened the year with six tackles and a forced fumble against Sam Houston State ... followed with three tackles the next week against UTEP ... had a memorable performance at Arkansas, finishing with a team-high 16 tackles ... marked the most tackles for a Red Raider since Keenon Ward posted 16 against West Virginia in 2014 ... forced and recovered a late fumble to seal victory over Arkansas ... named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 21) ... tacked on eight more tackles to his total, including one tackle for loss against TCU ... had four tackles against Baylor ... recorded six tackles in victory over Iowa State ... sealed Texas Tech’s victory at Kansas with an interception that was returned 27 yards for a touchdown ... the pick-six went along with a seven tackle performance ... part of another turnover at Oklahoma with his third fumble recovery of the season ... returned fumble 50 yards to set up Texas Tech’s first touchdown ... added five tackles against Oklahoma ... had three tackles, including half a tackle for loss against Oklahoma State before being disqualified due to a targeting penalty in the first half ... had yet another double-digit tackle performance at West Virginia ... totaled 11 tackles against the Mountaineers ... recorded both Texas Tech’s turnovers in victory over Kansas State with a fumble recovery in the first quarter and then an interception to end the game ... logged six tackles in the victory as well ... recorded five tackles in the win at Texas ... finished with five tackles and a pass breakup in the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl vs. LSU (12/29) ... AWARDS AND HONORS: honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by conference coaches.
2014 SEASON (FRESHMAN)
Played in four games with five tackles (four solo) and one interception ... missed the final eight games of the season due to injury ... made first career interception at No. 24 Oklahoma State (9/25) ... made one tackle (solo) against Arkansas (9/13) ... made one tackle (assisted) at UTEP (9/4)... made career debut in season opener with a season-high three tackles (all solo) against Central Arkansas (8/30) ... granted a medical waiver from NCAA following the season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Ennis High School in Ennis, Texas ... three-star prospect by Rivals, Scout, 247Sports and ESPN ... compiled 114 tackles, seven interceptions, 11 pass breakups, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries as a senior ... earned first team all-state as a senior ... named first team all-area ... member of the Rivals listing of the Texas Top 100 ... CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Oklahoma State, Baylor and TCU.
PERSONAL
Jah’Shawn Devon Johnson ... born in Waxahachie, Texas ... son of Tamara Johnson and Keith Davis ... has an older brother, Jalen Johnson, two younger brothers, Keith Davis II and Noah Davis, and two younger sisters, Jada Johnson and Kiara Davis ... father played football at Sam Houston State before beginning a NFL career with the Dallas Cowboys (2002-07, 2008), Miami Dolphins (2008) and Oakland Raiders (2009) ... a sport management major at Texas Tech.
CAREER HIGHS
Touchdowns: 1, at Kansas (2015)
Tackles: 16, at Arkansas (2015)
Tackles For Loss: 1.0, 9x, at Iowa State (2018)*
Interceptions: 1, 6x, vs. Baylor (2018)*
Fumbles Forced: 1, 6x, vs. USF (2017)*
Fumbles Recovered: 1, 4x, vs. Kansas State (2015)*
Pass Breakups:2, at Kansas (2017)
* Indicates most recent high
Wrapped his Red Raider career as a four-year starter in the secondary … named a team captain prior to the season for the second-consecutive year … limited to only nine games overall, including eight starts, due to an offseason injury that kept him out of non-conference action … still managed 60 tackles, which ranked fourth on the team … added one tackle for a loss to go along with an interception, two pass breakups and a pair of quarterback hurries … recorded at least three tackles in all nine appearances … posted 10 or more tackles in two games, giving him 10 such occurrences over his career … closed his career with 324 tackles, five shy of tying Charles Rowe (1986-89) for 10th all-time in program history … IN BIG 12 RANKINGS: closed the year averaging 6.7 tackles per game, which ranked 12th in the league … ranked 17th in the conference for tackles per game during Big 12 play … SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: returned from injury with four tackles and a quarterback hurry in road win at Oklahoma State (9/22) … followed with five tackles the next week against West Virginia (9/29) … posted four tackles in Thursday night raod win at TCU (10/11) … broke up a pass and added three passes versus Kansas (10/20) … recorded eight tackles, including one for a loss, at Iowa State (10/27) the following week) … reached the double-digit mark against Oklahoma (11/3), totaling 10 in the near upset victory … closed his career at Jones AT&T Stadium with eight tackles on Senior Night versus Texas (11/10) … added five tackles at Kansas State before notching a season-high 13 takedowns in his final game as a Red Raider versus Baylor (11/24) in Arlington … performance included an interception early in the second quarter as well as a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup … interception marked the sixth of his career and the 18th career takeaway to be part of … was his third forced turnover against Baylor alone … AWARDS AND HISTORY: honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by the conference coaches … preseason candidate for the Jim Thorpe Award … member of the Reese’s Senior Bowl watch list and All-Big 12 preseason team.
2017 SEASON (JUNIOR)
Named a team captain prior to the season … appeared in all 13 games while making 12 starts …. lone missed start came against Kansas State (11/4) after a targeting penalty late in the Oklahoma game (10/28) … had previously started the previous 33-consecutive games before missing the first half against the Wildcats … finished second on the team with 97 tackles (68 solo), the most in his career … enters his 2018 senior season needing 65 tackles to join the top 10 in Texas Tech career history … four of his tackles went for a loss, resulting in nine yards overall … experienced leader for a Tech defense that ranked sixth nationally with 29 forced turnovers … had one forced fumble of his own to go along with five pass breakups … finished with 10 or more tackles in two games, giving him eight games in double digits now during his career … finished with at least a share of the team high for tackles in five games … IN NCAA RANKINGS: ended the year ranked 36th nationally for solo tackles per game (5.2) and 120th in total tackles per game (7.5) … IN BIG 12 RANKINGS: was seventh in the conference for solo tackles per game and ninth for total tackles per game … averaged 7.1 tackles per game in league play only which ranked 12th overall …. SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: began the year with seven tackles, a pass breakup and a forced fumble in the season opener against Eastern Washington (9/2) … forced fumble came on Eastern Washington’s first play of the game … the Red Raiders had not previously opened a season with a turnover on its first defensive play of the game since Brian Duncan intercepted Eastern Washington to start the 2008 campaign … followed with a season-high 12 tackles against Arizona State (9/16) … closed non-conference play with six tackles at Houston (9/23) … opened Big 12 play the next week with eight tackles against Oklahoma State (9/30) … posted seven tackles at Kansas (10/7) to go along with a career-high two pass breakups … came close to double digits in tackles each of the next three weeks with eight takedowns at West Virginia (10/14) and Oklahoma and nine versus Iowa State (10/21) … broke up a pass against both West Virginia and Oklahoma as well … notched two tackles in just the second half against Kansas State … put together five tackles in the win over Baylor (11/11) … returned to double digits against TCU (11/18) with 10 tackles … closed the regular season with seven tackles, including one for a loss, at Texas (11/24) … had another tackle for a loss in the Birmingham Bowl versus USF … finished with eight tackles against the Bulls, all solo … AWARDS AND HONORS: named to the All-Big 12 second team by the conference coaches … one of three Red Raider defenders to collect All-Big 12 honors … marked the first time since 2012 that Tech had three or more defensive players earn first or second team honors.
2016 SEASON (SOPHOMORE)
Became Texas Tech’s second-leading tackler as a sophomore … played and started in all 12 games … joined Breiden Fehoko as the only Red Raider defensive players to start in all 12 games … now started in each of his past 25 games dating back to the start of his 2015 redshirt freshman campaign … posted 77 tackles on the year (57 solo) … also had three tackles for a loss, a sack as well as three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery … picked off a team-high two passes in the secondary while breaking up six others … his six pass breakups were tied for second on the team … IN NCAA RANKINGS: ranked 27th for forced fumbles per game (0.25) … IN BIG 12 RANKINGS: ended the year tied with Dorance Armstrong Jr. (Kansas) for the league high in forced fumbles per game … ranked 17th in the league for passes defended per game (0.67) and 18th for tackles per game (6.4) … all three of his forced fumbles came during Big 12 play which was tied for the league high with Armstrong … was also 17th in both tackles per game (6.7) and passes defended per game (0.78) during conference action … SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: opened the year with four tackles in season opener against Stephen F. Austin (9/3) … had five tackles, including one for a loss, as well as a pass breakup the following week at Arizona State (9/10) … closed non-conference play with eight tackles against Louisiana Tech (9/17) … began Big 12 play with five tackles and an interception against Kansas (9/29) … posted two tackles and a key pass breakup at Kansas State (10/8) … had a pass breakup in each of the next two games against West Virginia (10/15) and Oklahoma (10/22) … recorded 10 tackles against the Mountaineers, his first of four games on the season with at least 10 takedowns … other performances included a season-high 11 tackles against Texas (11/5) and then 10 versus both Oklahoma State (11/12) and Baylor (11/25) … Texas game also featured his first forced fumble of the season and a pass breakup … forced fumbles in each of the final two games as well against Iowa State (11/19) and Baylor … contributed to three total turnovers against Baylor with his fifth career forced fumble in the first quarter, a fumble recovery in the third quarter and an interception midway through the fourth … also added his first career sack in the second quarter.
2015 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
Started at safety in each of Texas Tech’s 13 games ... played a role in eight turnovers on the season (four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, two interceptions) ... finished with 85 tackles, which ranked third on the team ... ranked second nationally and led the Big 12 in fumbles recovered (four) ... his four fumble recoveries are the most for a Red Raider since Franklin Mitchem had three in 2009 ... SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: opened the year with six tackles and a forced fumble against Sam Houston State ... followed with three tackles the next week against UTEP ... had a memorable performance at Arkansas, finishing with a team-high 16 tackles ... marked the most tackles for a Red Raider since Keenon Ward posted 16 against West Virginia in 2014 ... forced and recovered a late fumble to seal victory over Arkansas ... named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 21) ... tacked on eight more tackles to his total, including one tackle for loss against TCU ... had four tackles against Baylor ... recorded six tackles in victory over Iowa State ... sealed Texas Tech’s victory at Kansas with an interception that was returned 27 yards for a touchdown ... the pick-six went along with a seven tackle performance ... part of another turnover at Oklahoma with his third fumble recovery of the season ... returned fumble 50 yards to set up Texas Tech’s first touchdown ... added five tackles against Oklahoma ... had three tackles, including half a tackle for loss against Oklahoma State before being disqualified due to a targeting penalty in the first half ... had yet another double-digit tackle performance at West Virginia ... totaled 11 tackles against the Mountaineers ... recorded both Texas Tech’s turnovers in victory over Kansas State with a fumble recovery in the first quarter and then an interception to end the game ... logged six tackles in the victory as well ... recorded five tackles in the win at Texas ... finished with five tackles and a pass breakup in the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl vs. LSU (12/29) ... AWARDS AND HONORS: honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by conference coaches.
2014 SEASON (FRESHMAN)
Played in four games with five tackles (four solo) and one interception ... missed the final eight games of the season due to injury ... made first career interception at No. 24 Oklahoma State (9/25) ... made one tackle (solo) against Arkansas (9/13) ... made one tackle (assisted) at UTEP (9/4)... made career debut in season opener with a season-high three tackles (all solo) against Central Arkansas (8/30) ... granted a medical waiver from NCAA following the season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Ennis High School in Ennis, Texas ... three-star prospect by Rivals, Scout, 247Sports and ESPN ... compiled 114 tackles, seven interceptions, 11 pass breakups, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries as a senior ... earned first team all-state as a senior ... named first team all-area ... member of the Rivals listing of the Texas Top 100 ... CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Oklahoma State, Baylor and TCU.
PERSONAL
Jah’Shawn Devon Johnson ... born in Waxahachie, Texas ... son of Tamara Johnson and Keith Davis ... has an older brother, Jalen Johnson, two younger brothers, Keith Davis II and Noah Davis, and two younger sisters, Jada Johnson and Kiara Davis ... father played football at Sam Houston State before beginning a NFL career with the Dallas Cowboys (2002-07, 2008), Miami Dolphins (2008) and Oakland Raiders (2009) ... a sport management major at Texas Tech.
CAREER HIGHS
Touchdowns: 1, at Kansas (2015)
Tackles: 16, at Arkansas (2015)
Tackles For Loss: 1.0, 9x, at Iowa State (2018)*
Interceptions: 1, 6x, vs. Baylor (2018)*
Fumbles Forced: 1, 6x, vs. USF (2017)*
Fumbles Recovered: 1, 4x, vs. Kansas State (2015)*
Pass Breakups:2, at Kansas (2017)
* Indicates most recent high
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