Liam Johnson

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Height:
6-0
Weight:
225
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Moorestown, N.J.
High School:
St. Joseph's Prep

Accolades:
Bushnell Cup Winner for Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year (2022)
First-Team All-Ivy (2022, 2023)
Phil Steele First-Team All-Ivy (2022, 2023)
Bluebloods First-Team All-Ivy (2022, 2023)
Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 31, 2022)

2023: Ranked fourth in the Ivy League in tackles with 84 … Collected nine solo tackles including a sack vs. Bryant (Sept. 23) … Made 13 stops at Brown (Oct. 14) … Put up seven tackles and a sack vs. Harvard (Oct. 21) … Corralled 11 tackles at Dartmouth (Nov. 13) … Dropped in eight stops and a sack vs. Yale (Nov. 11).

2022: Paced Princeton and ranked fourth in the Ivy League in tackles (90) ... Averaged 9.9 tackles per Ivy contest, third best in the league ... Had a 92-yard fumble return against Penn ... Picked up 15 tackles at Yale ... Collected eight tackles and an 89-yard interception return for a touchdown vs. Cornell ... Dropped in seven stops vs. Harvard ... Impressive 15 tackles including 10 solo with a sack vs. Brown ... Added eight tackles at Lafayette ... Contributed seven stops at Columbia ... Posted a team-best 10 tackles vs. Lehigh ...Snagged four tackles at Stetson.

2021: Received playing time in every game, mostly on special teams …Blocked a punt that ended up for a touchdown vs. Harvard

2020: Season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Before Princeton:
St. Joseph's Prep: Lettered in lacrosse and football ... Earned the President's and Maxwell Awards ... Team won three Philadelphia 6A City and PIAA District XII titles along with two PIAA 6A State Championships ... Captain of the two state title teams.

Personal: Son of Paul and Regina Johnson … Has three brothers Paul, Thomas, and James … Both Tom ('19) and cousin Sam ('20) played football at Princeton while James ('21) was All-Ivy League Honorable Mention in 2019 ... Brother Paul played football at Amherst college ... Father played football at the College of the Holy Cross … Uncle Matthew Johnson played football at Penn State University.