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Liam Johnson
Liam Johnson Secures Another Preseason All-America Honor
August 01, 2023 | Football
PRINCETON – Liam Johnson has earned another preseason honor as he was selected as Stats Perform FCS Preseason Third-Team All-American.
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Johnson was recently named a Phil Steele FCS Preseason All-American (fourth team) in July.
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The linebacker co-won the Bushnell Cup for Ivy Defensive Player of the Year in 2022. The rising senior led Princeton and ranked fourth in the Ivy League in tackles (90). A former Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week, Johnson averaged 13 tackles per game over the final two weeks of the season and scored two touchdowns during the year, including a 92-yard fumble return against Penn. He averaged 9.9 tackles per Ivy League game, the third-best mark in the league.
Johnson is the 14th Princeton winner of the Bushnell Cup in program history and gave the Tigers back-to-back defensive honorees as Jeremiah Tyler won it in 2021. He's the eighth Princeton player since 2012 to earn the conference's highest accolade.
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Princeton will take on the University of San Diego to begin the 2023 season on Sept. 16 at 4 p.m.
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Johnson was recently named a Phil Steele FCS Preseason All-American (fourth team) in July.
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The linebacker co-won the Bushnell Cup for Ivy Defensive Player of the Year in 2022. The rising senior led Princeton and ranked fourth in the Ivy League in tackles (90). A former Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week, Johnson averaged 13 tackles per game over the final two weeks of the season and scored two touchdowns during the year, including a 92-yard fumble return against Penn. He averaged 9.9 tackles per Ivy League game, the third-best mark in the league.
Johnson is the 14th Princeton winner of the Bushnell Cup in program history and gave the Tigers back-to-back defensive honorees as Jeremiah Tyler won it in 2021. He's the eighth Princeton player since 2012 to earn the conference's highest accolade.
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Princeton will take on the University of San Diego to begin the 2023 season on Sept. 16 at 4 p.m.
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