#97 Dennis Johnson Season 2024
CAREER
Served as a dependable backup on the defensive line during his three years at LSU … Played in 19 games with no starts … Capped his career with 11 total tackles and a tackle for loss … Joined LSU after one year at Itawamba Community College … Sat out the 2008 season … Lettered three times (2009, ’10, ’11) … Went from a walk-on to a player who was counted on to contribute by the time he reached his senior season.
SENIOR SEASON (2011)
Saw action in nine games, all in a backup role … Posted a season-high two tackles on three occasions: vs. Northwestern State, vs. Kentucky and vs. Western Kentucky … Earned 0.5 tackles for a loss against Western Kentucky.
JUNIOR SEASON (2010)
Saw action in five games with no starts … Experienced lineman who played against Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, McNeese State, Auburn and Louisiana-Monroe … Registered two tackles on the season, one each against McNeese and Louisiana-Monroe.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON (2009)
Played on the defensive line in five games – Louisiana-Lafayette, at Mississippi State, at Georgia, Auburn and Tulane … Made two tackles, one each against Louisiana-Lafayette and Mississippi State.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2008)
Transferred from Itawamba Community College and redshirted in 2008.
PERSONAL
Full name is Dennis Stephrone Johnson … Born Nov. 9, 1988, in Amory, Miss. … Majoring in biology … Has one of the more unique nicknames on the team “Meatball”.
CAREER HIGHS
Total tackles: 2, three times (Last: vs. Western Kentucky, 2011)
Tackles for loss: 0.5 vs. Western Kentucky, 2011
JOHNSON’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
| Year |
G-GS
|
UT
|
AT
|
TT
|
TFL
|
Sacks
|
PBU |
QBH |
INT |
FF |
FR
|
| 2009 |
5-0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0-0 |
| 2010 |
5-0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0-0 |
| 2011 |
9-0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
0.5-8 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0-0 |
|
Totals |
19-0
|
0
|
11
|
11
|
0.5-8
|
0-0
|
0
|
0
|
0-0
|
0
|
0-0
|