Bowling Green State University Athletics
2026 Football Roster
vs
Tarleton State
Sep 5 (Sat)
12 p.m.
Jersey Number 2
JoJo Johnson
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Merrillville, Ind.
- High School:
- Merrillville HS
- Prev School:
- Indiana/Iowa Western CC/Notre Dame
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Bowling Green |
Career Highlights
- 2026 Phil Steele Preseason All-MAC Third Team
2025 | Redshirt Junior
- Finished No. 6 in the nation and No. 1 in the MAC with 1.27 passes defended per game
- Appeared in 11 games
- Started in three games
- Totaled 22 tackles, 11 PBUs, an interception and a fumble recovery
- Notched a tackle at Cincinnati
- Appeared in homecoming game against Liberty
- Made four tackles at Louisville
- Had two PBUs, three tackles and an interception at Ohio
- Made a tackle at Toledo
- Tallied two tackles and two PBUs versus Buffalo
- Had five tackles and five PBUs at Eastern Michigan
- Recorded three tackles, three PBUs and recovered a fumble against Akron
- Logged three tackles at UMass
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Indiana |
Bloomington, Ind. |
- Appeared in 16 career games at Indiana over the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Amassed 13 career tackles and one passe defended for the Hoosiers
- Made collegiate debut against Ohio State in 2023 on special teams
- Tallied a career-high five tackles against Purdue in 2023
- Appeared in all 12 games in 2023 and four games during Indiana's College Football Playoff appearance in 2024
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Iowa Western Community College |
Council Bluffs, Iowa |
- Attended Iowa Western CC in 2022 where he appeared in nine games
- Totaled 16 tackles, 14 solo stops, intercepted three passes and broke up two passes for Iowa Western CC
- Picked off the first pass of his career in the victory at Highland CC
- Collected a career-high five stops in the win at Northwest Mississippi CC
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Notre Dame |
Notre Dame, Ind. |
- Spent the 2021 season redshirting at Notre Dame after missing the season with a lower extremity injury
Merrillville High School |
Merrillville, Ind. |
- Played wide receiver and defensive back at Merrillville High School for head coach Brad Seiss
- Ranked the No. 47 athlete nationally by 247Sports
- Rated the No. 78 player regionally and the No. 11 player in Indiana by ESPN
- All-state selection guided Merrillville to the state semifinals his senior campaign
- Posted eight tackles with one fumble recovery
- Added 47 receptions for 878 yards and 10 touchdowns
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals
Personal |
- Son of Kiededa Ray and Henry Johnson
- Has four siblings, Jada, Ariaona, Camryn and Jordyn
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