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2023 Football Roster

7 Lawrence Johnson

  • Position DB
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 205
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown St. Louis, Mo.
  • Highschool Riverview Gardens

Biography

2023 Preseason Athlon Sports All-American.
 
2022: First-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection…Was named to three different All-America Teams, including American Football Coaches Association (Second-Team), Stats Perform (Third-Team) and Phil Steele (Third-Team)… Started 12 games in the secondary…Southeast Missouri’s second-leading tackler with 86 stops…Had 45 solo tackles and assisted on 41 others…Led the team with 10 tackles for loss and tied for first with four sacks…Added one interception, a team-high nine pass breakups and one fumble recovery…Turned in double-digit tackles in four games…Finished with a season-high 12 tackles in the season-opener at Iowa State (9/3)…Posted 10 tackles vs. Central Arkansas (9/24), vs. Tennessee Tech (10/8) and at Montana (11/26)…Returned his only interception of the season 14 yards vs. Tennessee Tech…Scored a touchdown when he returned a fumble 13 yards at Montana (11/26)…Notched a season-high two sacks for a loss of 27 yards to go along with six tackles at Tennessee State (11/5)…Ranked ninth in the OVC in tackles, 11th in sacks and fourth in tackles for loss...Earned OVC Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 9. 

2021: Played in the first six games of the season and made three starts at strong safety…Missed the remainder of the 2021 campaign due to a shoulder injury…Finished with 23 tackles and 14 solo stops…Had one fumble recovery…Recorded five tackles in season-opener vs. Southern Illinois (9/2)…Tallied a season-high eight tackles at Missouri (9/18)…Added six stops and a fumble recovery at Sam Houston (9/11)…Posted four tackles vs. Tennessee State (9/25).

2020: Started eight games at strong safety…Led the team in total tackles (55) and solo stops (36)…Had one tackle for loss, four pass breakups and a forced fumble…Ranked ninth in the OVC in tackles per game (6.9)…Posted three double-digit tackle performances with a season-high 12 vs. Tennessee Tech (3/28)…Also had 10 tackles vs. Austin Peay (3/14) and at UT Martin (4/3)…Added seven tackles and an interception at Southern Illinois (10/30)…Led the team in tackles each of the final three games of the season…Won both the team’s Ken Hargens and Golden Helmet awards.

2019: Played in 13 games and started 11 contests…Ranked fourth on the team with 53 tackles…Tallied 40 solo tackles and assisted on 13 others…Had two tackles for loss and three pass breakups…Finished with a season-high nine tackles, all solo, vs. Tennessee Tech (10/5)…Had seven tackles vs. West Virginia State (9/21), at Jacksonville State (10/19) and vs. Illinois State (11/30).

2018: Played in eight games on special teams as a true freshman…Had one tackle at Murray State (11/10).

Prep: Completed 69-of-127 passes for 1,214 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior at Riverview Gardens High School...Ran for 799 yards and another nine scores, averaging 9.4 yards per rush...Threw for 908 yards and six touchdowns on 57-of-126 passes as a junior...Carried the ball 45 times for 127 yards and five more touchdowns.

Personal: Born September 2, 1999...Majoring in Corporate Communication...Son of Anthony and Louvada Johnson.

 


 


 

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Historical Player Information

  • 39

    2018Freshman

    DB
    6'0" 175 lbs
    39
  • 13

    2019Sophomore

    DB
    6'0" 194 lbs
    13
  • 7

    2020Junior

    DB
    6'0" 194 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2021Senior

    DB
    6'0" 194 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2022Senior

    DB
    6'0" 196 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2023Graduate Student

    DB
    6'0" 205 lbs
    7