#12 JK Johnson Season 2025
Spent 2 seasons at LSU after transferring from Ohio State … Injured during training camp and missed the entire 2023 season … Returned to full strength in 2024 and made 10 appearances with 3 tackles for the Tigers in 2024 … Prior to joining LSU, appeared in 14 games with 5 starts in 2 seasons at Ohio State …. Tallied 22 tackles, including 20 as a redshirt freshman in 2022 … In 4 years of college football, has appeared in 24 games with 25 tackles … Name is Jakailin Johnson but goes by JK.
JUNIOR SEASON (2024 at LSU)
Appeared in 10 games, seeing action as a backup in the secondary and on special teams … Tallied 3 tackles, 2 coming in road win over South Carolina … Other tackle came the following week in win over UCLA.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2023 at LSU)
Injured during training camp and missed all of 2023.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON (2022 at Ohio State)
Appeared in 12 games, starting 5 times at cornerback … Starts came against Wisconsin, Rutgers, Iowa, Penn State, and Northwestern … Recorded 20 tackles, 16 of them being solo … Had career-best 5 tackles in win over Northwestern … Had 4 tackles in September win over Wisconsin.
TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON (2021 at Ohio State)
Made 2 appearances with no starts … Saw action against Minnesota and Akron … Had 1 tackle in each of those games … Redshirted after a shoulder injury sidelined him for most of the season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Standout defensive back for De Smet High School in St. Louis … Rated with 4-stars by every major recruiting organization … Ranked the No. 1 player in the St. Louis Post Dispatch Super 30 preseason countdown and the consensus top-ranked player in the state of Missouri for the Class of 2021 … Ranked Top 50 nationally … Had breakout season as a junior in 2020, recording 42 tackles and 7 interceptions, including a pair in the 6A state title game against Joplin … Had 27 tackles and 2 interceptions as a sophomore … Also competed in the 200 meters and the 4×100 and 4×200 relay in track … Coached in high school by Robert Steeples.
JK Johnson’s Career Highs
Tackles: 5 vs. Northwestern, 2022 (at Ohio State)
Tackles for loss: 0
Interceptions: 0