L.O. Johnson, a Waunakee product and the son of former Badgers sprinters Lawrence and Vernetta, tweeted that he was transferring to UW after two years of playing football and competing in track at the University of New Mexico. Johnson comes to the Badgers after his redshirt sophomore outdoor track season with the Lobos was wiped out due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Johnson won the Mountain West Conference Indoor championship in the 60-meter dash this winter with a 6.78-second performance. That run helped him earn all-conference honors. After redshirting his first year at UNM, he appeared in one football game this fall — a loss at Notre Dame — in which he injured his shoulder and missed the rest of the season.