James Johnson

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Height:
5-10
Weight:
205
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Moorestown, N.J.
High School:
St. Joseph's Prep

2021: First-Team All-Ivy … Academic All-Ivy … Phil Steele Third-Team All-Ivy ... Corralled 53 tackles including 40 solo …. Added six tackles for loss and two pass break ups … Snagged five tackles at Penn … Posted eight stops at Dartmouth … Dropped in 10 tackles including nine solo at Cornell ... Secured eight tackles vs. Harvard ... Contributed six tackles at Brown ... 2019: Ivy League Honorable Mention ... Led the team with 68 tackles including 11 for loss ... Had three sacks ... 2018: became one of Princeton's top run stoppers during the program's first perfect season since 1964 … backed up older brother Tom at middle linebacker and recorded 24 tackles … had six tackles apiece in wins over Butler and Monmouth … recorded first career sack in win over Cornell … helped Princeton post the #4 scoring defense and the #7 rushing defense in the nation … had multiple tackles in six of 10 games. 2017: earned immediate playing time in both special teams and the inside linebacker rotation … recorded 18 tackles on the season, fourth most among freshmen … had season-best five tackles in shutout at Brown, and added four more the following week in 52-17 win at Harvard … had multiple tackles in six of Princeton's last seven games of the season.

Before Princeton:
St. Joseph's Prep: Selected for John "Tex" Flanders Award as the Philadelphia Catholic League Football Coaches Association 2016 Student-Athlete … earned National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Award … 2016 Honor Bowl Coach Ted "Rock" Knapp Character Award selection … selected first-team All-Philadelphia Catholic League first team … selected third-team Philadelphia all-city … team was ranked No. 1 in Pennsylvania 2014 and 2016 … team was ranked number one in the East and number six in the country by USA Today's Super 25 … qualified for Philadelphia Football All-Star game and City All-Star game … served as captain … earned varsity letters in wrestling … National Honor Society member.

Personal: Son of Paul and Regina Johnson … has three brothers Paul, Thomas, and Liam … both Tom ('19) and cousin Sam ('20) played football at Princeton while Liam ('24) currently plays for the Tigers ... father played football at the College of the Holy Cross … uncle Matthew Johnson played football at Penn State University … undecided on course of study at Princeton.