Liam Johnson Named To Buck Buchanan Award Preseason Watch List

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PRINCETON – Liam Johnson picked up another huge preseason honor as he was named to Buck Buchanan Award Preseason Watch List for FCS Defensive Player of the Year.

Johnson was named Stats Perform FCS Preseason Third Team All-American this week while also earning Phil Steele preseason All-America accolades.

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.

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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