2019 Football Roster
Jeffery Johnson
- Position:
- Nose Tackle
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 320
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Brookhaven, Miss.
- High School:
- Brookhaven HS
2020: Started all 12 games for the Green Wave...Finished with 33 total tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and two fumble recoveries...Registered four tackles against Navy (Oct. 19)...Logged three tackles and one sack for seven yards in the win at Southern Miss (Sept. 26)...Recorded four tackles and recovered a fumble for a touchdown at Houston (Oct. 8)...Racked up four tackles, 1.5 for loss, and one sack against SMU (Oct. 16)...Tallied four tackles and one sack for four yards in the win over Temple (Oct. 31)...Made two tackles, one for a loss of three yards, in the win over Army (Nov. 14)...Registered two tackles and 0.5 sacks at Tulsa (Nov. 19)...Tallied a season-high six tackles against Nevada (Dec. 22).
2019: Played in nine of Tulane’s games, starting six...Tallied two tackles at home against FIU (Aug. 29)...Recorded four tackles and recovered a fumble against Auburn (Sep. 7)...Made two tackles at home against Houston (Sep. 19)...Racked up a career-high five tackles away at Navy (Oct. 26)... Tallied 1.5 sacks for a loss of 11 yards at home against Tulsa (Nov. 2)...Recorded three tackles against UCF, including one tackle for loss (Nov. 23)…Posted four tackles at SMU (Nov. 30)...Earned one sack for a loss of six yards against Southern Miss in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Jan. 4), also adding three tackles.
2018: Played in every contest for the Green Wave during his true freshman season on the defensive line...Started in all but one game as Tulane’s nose tackle...Finished the regular season with 30 total tackles...Recorded four tackles in his first career game against Wake Forest (Aug. 31) including two solo tackles...Also grabbed four tackles at Cincinnati (Oct. 6)..Tied his season best with four tackles in the last two regular-season games against Houston (Nov. 15) and Navy (Nov. 24)...Tied his season high with two unassisted tackles at UAB (Sept. 15), against SMU (Oct. 20), Houston and Navy... Had his first career tackle for loss against ECU (Nov. 10) and had another the next week against Houston.
High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Brookhaven High School in Brookhaven, Miss.…Rated a four-star prospect by 247Sports.com and Rivals.com…No. 8-rated prospect in Mississippi by ESPN.com…Earned 2017 Mississippi Class 5A All-State First-Team honors by the Mississippi Association of Coaches…As a senior, recorded 67 tackles, seven sacks, three forced fumbles and two pass breakups…As a junior, notched 51 tackles, two tackles for loss, nine sacks and one fumble recovery…As a sophomore, recorded 40 tackles, one tackle for loss, two sacks and one safety.
Personal: Has two older sisters and one younger sister…Major is Health and Wellness.
Johnson’s Career Highs
Tackles 6 vs. Nevada, 12/22/20
Tackles for loss 1.5, 2x, last vs. SMU, 10/16/20
Sacks 1.5 vs. Tulsa, 11/2/19
Pass breakups 1 vs. Nicholls, 9/8/18
Fumble Recoveries 1, 2x, last at ECU, 11/7/20
Touchdowns 1 at Houston, 10/8/2020
JEFFERY'S NOLA STORY
How do you define what it means to be NOLA Built?
To be strong physically and mentally, to be able to take on any challenge.
What drew you to New Orleans?
I love everything about the city of New Orleans. The food, the culture and the people are amazing.
Favorite spot to hang out in New Orleans?
The River or Lakefront, most times it's very humid, so i'm chilling by my pool
What was your first impression of New Orleans?
The humidity and constant sweating is brutal but overall I have had a great experience
