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A.J. Johnson

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CAREER HONORS

2011 First-Team Freshman All-American by Football Writers of America, The Sporting News, Fox Sports, Phil Steele, Yahoo! Sports
2011 five Freshman All-American honors set Tennessee record, breaking mark of four by Eric Berry in 2009
2011 SEC All-Freshman Team selection
SEC Freshman of the Week (10/22 Alabama)

2012 - SOPHOMORE

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2012 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
Games/Starts: 12/12
Second season as starting middle linebacker
Led SEC and UT with 138 tackles (fourth-most in NCAA) in 12 starts in 2012, also had team-high 8.5 TFLs for 25 yards, first-career sack and eight quarterback hurries
Posted most tackles by a Vol since Jerod Mayo made 140 in 2007
Fourth in NCAA, first SEC in tackles per game (11.5)
With 21 tackles at Miss State, had most stops by a Vol in 48 years, since Keith DeLong had 23 vs. Alabama in 1988
Rushed 12 times for 21 yards with team-high six touchdowns out of `The Beast' a Wildcat QB formation
Averaging 12.9 tackles per game over last 10 games with 129 in those 10 games including double-figure tackles in each game (at least 11 in each)
Closed year with 14 tackles including first-career sack (for 10 yards), two TFLs and his sixth rushing touchdown of the season vs. Kentucky (11/24)
12 tackles including two TFLs at Vanderbilt (11/17)
Notched 11 tackles vs. Missouri (11/10)

Surpassed 100 tackles for the season in ninth game with 13 vs. Troy (11/3)
Sixth game in a row with double-figure tackles, piling up 11 stops at #17 South Carolina (10/27)
Racked up 14 tackles vs. #1 Alabama (10/20), has 27 career tackles vs. the Crimson Tide in two games
Had 11 tackles in each of three games in a row (9/15-29)
Career-high 21 tackles, most by a Vol since 1988, at #19 Mississippi State (10/13), had 1.5 TFLs
For third game in a row had 11 tackles and a rushing touchdown, at #5 Georgia (9/29) in homecoming, also recovered a fumble and had a TFL
Racked up 11 stops and rushed for a TD for the second game in a row vs. Akron (9/22)
As a Wildcat QB (which he played in HS) rushed twice vs. Florida (9/15) and scored first-career touchdown on a 1-yard rush; also racked up 11 tackles and a 6-yard TFL
It was fitting that Johnny Majors, who played multiple positions, had his jersey No. 45 retired vs. Florida
Racked up five tackles vs. Georgia State (9/8)
Opened 2012 with four tackles vs. NC State (8/31)

2011 - FRESHMAN

2011 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
Games/Starts: 12/10
Led all SEC freshmen in tackles with 80, finishing second for UT.
One of four true freshmen to rank among top two on his team in tackles among all D-I FBS schools
At least shared Vols' lead in tackles on four occasions
Prior to Vanderbilt game, was only freshman to be leading his team in tackles in FBS
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 in UT history 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)
Played in all 12 games in 2011 in true freshman season, starting 10 times
Recorded 4.5 TFLs, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries, the only Vol with multiple FRs
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)

Had 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 career-high 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) to earn SEC Freshman of the Week honors
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

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