Happy Valley has not been so happy over the last few years. Scandal and mediocre play have marred a proud program. Still, there have been good players that stayed with the school while it has been rebuilding its program.
Like fellow Nittany Lion Christian Hackenberg, Johnson was a freshman during Bill O’Brien‘s final year at the school. So the head coach knows him pretty well. Johnson is a big guy at 6-4 and 315 pounds, has 32.38 inch arms and 9.5 inch hands.
Johnson had a very good season with 78 tackles, including 15 for loss, as well as 6.