A.J. Johnson

Career Statistics

Honors

SEC Freshman of the Week (10/22 Alabama)
Consensus Freshman All-American
First-Team Freshman All-American by Football Writers of America, The Sporting News, Fox Sports, Phil Steele, Yahoo! Sports
Five Freshman All-American honors set Tennessee record, breaking mark of four by Eric Berry in 2009
SEC All-Freshman Team selection

2011

2011 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
Games/Starts: 12/10
Prior to Vanderbilt, game was freshman to be leading his team in tackles in FBS
Leads all SEC freshmen in tackles with 80
With 80 tackles, had second-most stops by a true freshman in a season in UT history behind only Eric Berry, who had 86 in 2007
Only true freshman to have three double-figure tackle games in a season (E.Berry had two in 2007) with 10-plus in three games in a row (10/15-29)
Second on UT with 71 tackles along with 3.5 TFLs, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries
Played in all 12 games in 2011 in true freshman season, starting 10 times
Finished second on UT with 80 tackles along with 4.5 TFLs, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries
Finished year with nine tackles including TFL at Kentucky (11/26)
Four tackles in win over Vanderbilt (11/19)
Five stops vs. MTSU (11/5) and at #8 Arkansas (11/12)

Has 36 tackles in a three game span (12.0 per game) against #1 LSU, #2 Alabama, and #14 South Carolina
Piled up 12 tackles and recovered a fumble vs. #14 South Carolina (10/29)
Racked up 13 tackles at #2 Alabama (10/22), second-most tackles by a true freshman in a game in UT history (record Eric Berry, vs. Kentucky in 2007)
Career-high 11 tackles against #1 LSU (10/15), first double-figure tackle total by a freshman since Eric Berry in 2007
Racked up four tackles vs. Georgia (10/8)
Second on team with six tackles and a TFL vs. Buffalo (10/1)
Tied for team lead in tackles with seven at #16 Florida (9/17), also forced a fumble and recovered it
Three tackles and 0.5 TFL in start in first college game vs.Montana (9/3). One of 12 true freshmen to play in opener
Along with Curt Maggitt, believed to be first true freshman to start at LB for UT

High School

Rivals: 4-star (No. 136 overall prospect nationally, No. 8 overall inside linebacker, No. 12 overall prospect in Georgia)
Scout: 4-star (No. 16 overall middle linebacker)
ESPN: 4-star (No. 118 overall prospect nationally, No. 5 overall inside linebacker)
Georgia's Class AAA Defensive Player of the Year
Named First Team Class AAA All-State following three consecutive seasons (2008-10)
Member of Under Armour All-America Team
Named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super 11 team as a senior in 2010
Selected to ESPNU 150 and Rivals250 teams
The Gainesville Times 2010 Football Player of the Year

Named to Mobile Press-Register's Southeast 120 and ranked 77th
Posted 173 tackles, 29 tackles for loss, eight forced fumbles, seven pass breakups, six sacks and two interceptions in senior campaign
As a junior in 2009, tallied 131 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, eight sacks, six pass breakups, four forced fumbles and an INT
As a sophomore in 2008, tallied 160 tackles, nine tackles-for-loss and four sacks
Helped lead team to state championship game as a junior
Also helped team to three straight region titles
Gainesville went 24-3 over final two seasons
Coach at Gainesville High School: Bruce Miller

Career Highs

Tackles - 13 at Alabama, 10/22/11
Forced Fumble - 1 at Florida, 9/17/11
Tackles for Loss - 1.5 at Alabama, 10/22/11
10-Tackle Games - 3 vs LSU, 10/15/11, at Alabama, 10/22/11, and vs. South Carolina, 10/29/11

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