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Derrick Johnson
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Waco, Texas
- High School:
- Waco
Became the 15th overall pick in the 2005 NFL draft when he was taken by the Kansas City Chiefs ... an aggressive, speedy and explosive fourth-year linebacker who established himself as one of the nation's premier defensive players ... earned the Bronko Nagurski Trophy as the nation's top defensive player and the Butkus Award (nation's top LB) ... was a finalist for the Bednarik Award (nation's top defensive player), the Lombardi Award (nation's top lineman) and the Lott Trophy (defensive player of the year) in 2004 ... also was the only defensive player among the 10 finalists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award ... earned unanimous first-team All-America accolades ... was a unanimous selection as the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year in 2004 ... named the preseason National Defensive Player of the Year by Lindy's, Athlon and Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook ... tabbed a preseason first-team All-American by Street & Smith's ... picked as the top NFL prospect entering 2004 by Lindy's ... also rated as one of the Top 10 prospects for the 2004 Heisman Trophy by that publication ... projected as the nation's top outside linebacker entering 2004 by The Sporting News ... earned a spot on the prestigious Playboy Preseason All-American Team for the second time in 2004 ... was one of three Butkus Award finalists in 2003 ... was the only returning player among that group ... projected by many as a first-round NFL draft pick, but elected to return for his senior year ... is the first player in Texas history to be honored as a Butkus finalist and was a semifinalist for the award in 2002 ... in 2003, was UT's first consensus first-team All-American LB since Jeff Leiding in 1983 ... tabbed first-team All-America by The Associate Press, the Football Writers Association of America and the Walter Camp Football Foundation ... earned second-team All-America honors from The Sporting News ... a two-time first-team All-Big 12 selection ... played in 50 career games, including bowl games, and started 40 overall ... tallied 458 career tackles (No. 3 on UT's career list), 280 solo tackles (No. 4 on UT's career list), 65 TFLs (No. 1 on UT's career list), 10.5 sacks, 39 QB pressures, 30 PBUs (UT record for LBs), nine interceptions (No. 1 on UT's interceptions by a LB list), 11 forced fumbles (T-No. 3 on UT's career list) and five fumble recoveries ... averaged 21.7 yards per return on his nine career picks ... recorded 24 career double-digit tackle games and led UT in tackles 23 times ... in 18 career games against Top 25 opponents, posted 175 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 31 TFLs, four interceptions, nine PBUs, 19 pressures, three caused fumbles and a fumble recovery ... started all 12 games in 2004 and posted 130 tackles (73 solo), 19 TFLs, 10 pressures, eight PBUs, nine caused fumbles (T-No. 1 on NCAA single-season list), two sacks and a blocked extra point ... forced a fumble on one out of every 16.0 tackles in 2004 ... earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors three times in 2004 ... started all 13 games in 2003 and recorded 125 tackles, 20 TFLs, two sacks, 10 pressures, nine PBUs, four interceptions (T-No. 1 on UT's single-season INT by a LB list), one forced fumble and three fumble recoveries ... six of his seven turnovers forced in 2003 either resulted in scores or set up short touchdown drives ... his 20 TFLs in 2003 rank seventh-best nationally among returning players in 2004 ... started all 13 games and registered 120 tackles, 13 TFLs, two sacks, 10 pressures, 10 PBUs and four interceptions (T-No. 1 on UT's single-season interceptions by a linebacker list) en route to first-team All-Big 12 honors in 2002 ... also earned a spot among the Butkus Award semifinalists list (just the second player in UT history to earn that honor) ... saw action in all 13 games, including two starts as a true freshman ... named the Defensive MVP of the Holiday Bowl after recording nine tackles, a sack and an interception that led to UT's first go-ahead TD in the fourth quarter versus Washington ... The Sporting News' National Freshman of the Year (2001) ... earned first-team Freshman All-America honors from The Sporting News and Football Writers Association of America ... named the Big 12 co-Defensive Freshman of the Year ... a second-team all-conference and Defensive Newcomer of the Year selection by the Houston Chronicle ... led all Big 12 freshmen in tackles (83) and sacks (4.5) and ranked second in TFLs (13) ... ranked second nationally among all true freshmen defenders in TFLs and sacks and fourth in tackles ... finished the year in third place on UT's freshman sacks list, fourth in TFLs and eighth in tackles ... his TFLs and sack totals rank first all-time among UT freshman linebackers ... a Parade All-American who once posted 30 tackles in a high school game ... ran a 10.5-second 100 meters as a prepster.
SENIOR (2004)
Earned the Nagurski Trophy as the nation's top defensive player and the Butkus Award (nation's top LB) ... was a finalist for the Bednarik Award (nation's top defensive player), the Lombardi Award (nation's top lineman) and the Lott Trophy (defensive player of the year) ... was the only defensive player named as one of 10 finalists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award ... earned unanimous first-team All-America accolades ... was a unanimous selection for Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year ... started all 12 games at weakside LB ... led a defense that allowed just 320.1 yards per game (23th NCAA) and 17.9 points per game (18th NCAA) ... posted 130 tackles (73 solo), 19 TFLs, 10 pressures, eight PBUs, nine caused fumbles (T-No. 1 on NCAA single-season list), two sacks and a blocked extra point ... forced a fumble on one out of every 16.0 tackles ... earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors three times ... opened the season versus North Texas forcing three fumbles and leading the team in tackles with nine ... posted a team-high 14 stops and a forced fumble in the victory at Arkansas ... was tabbed the Big 12 Player of the Week for his efforts in that game ... against Rice, led the team with 11 tackles while forcing a fumble and recording three TFLs ... again recorded 14 tackles versus Baylor, including three TFLs, and added a forced fumble ... posted 16 tackles to go with a forced fumble and an INT versus No. 2 Oklahoma ... against Missouri, notched 12 tackles, three TFLs and four QB pressures ... was tabbed Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for the second time for his efforts against the Tigers ... at Texas Tech, registered three tackles, three pressures and a PBU ... led the team with 10 tackles at Colorado, along with a sack and forced his eighth fumble of the season to set a UT single-season record and tie the NCAA record ... tallied a career-high 18 tackles versus No. 19 Oklahoma State, joining Aaron Harris in recording 18 tackles in a single game in 2004 ... they became the first players since Ahmad Brooks (22 vs. Colorado, 2001) to record 18-plus tackles in a game ... were also just the second and third to do so since 1996 (Chris Carter, 18 vs. Notre Dame) ... received Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors for his performance against OSU ... recorded 11 tackles, three TFLs and three PBUs at Kansas ... had 10 tackles, two TFLs, a sack, two PBUs, a pressure and a blocked extra point against No. 22 Texas A&M ... wore jersey number 60 against the Aggies in honor of former UT linebacker Tommy Nobis (1963-65) and other great UT linebackers... recorded two tackles and added one forced fumble, tying the NCAA single-season record, in the 38-37 Rose Bowl victory against Michigan.
JUNIOR (2003)
Started all 13 games, including the Holiday Bowl, at weakside linebacker ... named one of three Butkus Award finalists ... first player in Texas history to be honored as a Butkus finalist ... was UT's first consensus first-team All-American LB since Jeff Leiding in 1983 ... tabbed first-team All-American by The Associated Press, the Football Writers Association of America and the Walter Camp Football Foundation ... earned second-team All-America honors from The Sporting News ... unanimous first-team All-Big 12 pick ... named UT's Mike Campbell Most Valuable Defensive Player ... garnered UT's Mike Campbell Defensive Player of the Week four times ... recorded 125 tackles, 20 TFLs, two sacks, 10 pressures, nine PBUs, four interceptions (T-No. 1 on UT's single-season INT by a LB list), one forced fumble and three fumble recoveries in 2003 ... six of his seven turnovers forced in 2003 either resulted in scores or set up short touchdown drives ... posted 10 or more tackles seven times ... registered or tied the team high in tackles eight times in 13 games ... in four games against Top 25 opponents, posted 50 tackles, 12 TFLs, three PBUs, one interception, five pressures and a caused fumble ... key member of a defense which ranked ninth in the NCAA in pass defense (177.3 ypg), 25th in the nation in total defense (329.8 ypg) and 32nd in the country in scoring defense (21.5 ppg) ... tallied a team-high 11 tackles, one sack, one TFL, one PBU, one QB pressure and returned an interception for a TD in the season-opener against New Mexico State ... posted a team high and tied his career high with a 14-tackle effort against Arkansas, which also included two TFLs and one pressure ... tied the team high with 11 tackles and a fumble recovery at Rice to share the Mike Campbell Defensive Player of the Week award ... registered six tackles, two PBUs, recovered a fumble and had two interceptions against Tulane ... returned one of his two interceptions to the Green Wave one-yard line ... received both the Big 12 Conference and UT's Mike Campbell Defensive Player of the Week accolades for his performance in that game ... recorded a team-high 10 tackles, three TFLs, and a PBU in the win against No. 16 Kansas State ... registered a team-high 13 tackles vs. No. 1 Oklahoma ... tallied a team-high nine tackles at Iowa State ... had five tackles and one sack with two pressures at Baylor ... intercepted his fourth pass of the season (T-No. 1 on UT's single-season INT by LB list) to go along with a team-high 11 tackles, a forced fumble, four pressures and four TFLs versus No. 12 Nebraska ... named the Nagurski Award's National Defensive Player of the Week and earned UT's Mike Campbell Defensive Player of the Week award for his accomplishments versus Nebraska ... had seven tackles at Oklahoma State with two going for losses ... recorded a team-high 11 tackles, including a season-high nine solo tackles, versus Texas Tech ... finished the regular season with a team-high eight tackles at Texas A&M ... had nine tackles, two for a loss, a PBU and a pressure versus No. 15 Washington State in the Holiday Bowl.
SOPHOMORE (2002)
Started all 13 games, including the Cotton Bowl, at weakside linebacker ... a consensus first-team All-Big 12 selection ... became just the second UT linebacker to be named a Butkus Award semifinalist ... named UT's Outstanding Linebacker ... ranked second on the team with 120 tackles (team-high 73 solo) and in a second-place tie with four interceptions (T-No. 1 on UT's single-season interceptions by a LB list) ... averaged 9.2 tackles per contest and recorded six double-digit games ... also registered 13 TFLs, two of sacks, 10 QB pressures and 10 PBUs (UT record for LBs) ... led the team in tackles three times ... key member of a Longhorns defense that led the Big 12 and ranked eighth in the NCAA in pass defense (165.2 ypg.), seventh in the nation in pass efficiency defense (96.1 rtg.), eighth in the country in scoring defense (16.3 ppg.) and 16th nationally in total defense (307.7 ypg.) ... a three-time UT Mike Campbell Defensive Player of the Week honoree ... registered a team-high 12 tackles, three TFLs and two pressures in season-opening shutout against North Texas and earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors ... registered a career-best 14 tackles (11 solo), two sacks and three pressures at No. 17 Kansas State ... recorded a team-high 12 tackles at Nebraska ... added 12 stops, an interception, two PBUs and one pressure against No. 2 Oklahoma ... posted 10 tackles, three TFLs and an interception in the Cotton Bowl against LSU ... recorded 10 tackles, a QB pressure and an interception against Oklahoma State ... posted nine tackles, two TFLs and a pair of PBUs against No. 17 Iowa State ... tallied a team-high nine stops (six solo) at Texas Tech ... added nine tackles at North Carolina ... racked up eight tackles (seven solo) and two PBUs in UT's shutout victory at Tulane ... registered six tackles and helped UT limit Houston to just 152 total yards of offense ... recorded five tackles, including one for loss, and an interception against Texas A&M ... registered four stops and a pair of PBUs as UT limited Baylor to 127 total yards of offense.
FRESHMAN (2001)
Saw action in all 13 games, including the Holiday Bowl, at weakside linebacker ... started the Oklahoma and Texas Tech games ... The Sporting News' National Freshman of the Year ... earned first-team Freshman All-America honors from The Sporting News and Football Writers Association of America ... named the Big 12 co-Defensive Freshman of the Year ... a second-team all-conference and Defensive Newcomer of the Year selection by the Houston Chronicle ... earned UT's Outstanding Defensive Newcomer Award ... also saw action on special teams, posting seven stops (five solos) ... ranked second on the team with 83 tackles (57 solo), third with 13 TFLs (-47 yards) and fourth with 4.5 sacks ... those marks ranked eighth, fourth and fourth, respectively, on UT's freshman lists ... his TFLs and sack totals rank first all-time among UT freshman linebackers ... also recorded nine QB pressures, two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble, three PBUs and posted two 10-tackle games ... led the team in tackles in four games ... led all Big 12 freshmen in tackles (83) and sacks (4.5) and ranked second in TFLs (13) ... ranked second nationally among all true freshmen defenders in TFLs and sacks and fourth in tackles ... a key contributor on a UT defense that led the nation in total defense (236.2 ypg) and ranked third in passing (146.7 ypg) and scoring defense (13.7 ppg), fourth in pass efficiency defense (88.0 rtg) and sixth in rushing defense (89.5 ypg) ... the Longhorns were one of only two defenses that ranked among the NCAA's top 10 in all five statistical categories (Virginia Tech was the other) ... named the Defensive MVP of the Holiday Bowl vs. No. 21 Washington after recording nine tackles, a sack and an interception that led to UT's first go-ahead TD in the fourth quarter ... earned his first career start against Texas Tech and posted a season-high 13 tackles, a sack and two TFLs ... shared UT's Frank Denius Special Teams Player of the Week after posting one solo tackle and forcing a fumble that led to a TD in that game ... had a team-high 10 tackles, a career-high two sacks and three TFLs and one pass breakup against North Carolina ... posted nine tackles, two TFLs and a career-best six QB pressures at Baylor ... started his second career game and registered a team-high eight tackles against No. 3 Oklahoma ... had eight tackles, one sack, two TFLs and a fumble recovery against Kansas ... the Longhorns shut out the Jayhawks and held them to just 67 total yards (UT's best performance since 1988) ... recorded eight tackles (four solo) and one TFL at Houston.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Johnny Tusa at Waco High ... a Parade All-American ... tabbed first-team all-state (5A) as a senior ... a two-time all-state and three-time all-district pick ... registered 170 tackles (103 solo), 21 TFLs, six sacks, two interceptions (one returned for a TD) and five forced fumbles in 2000 ... had a career-best 30 tackles and forced four fumbles against Tyler John Tyler ... posted 20 stops and three sacks against Tyler Lee ... had 157 tackles, 13 TFLs, four sacks, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries as a junior ... registered a season-high 21 tackles and a pair of sacks against Temple ... added 18 stops against Arlington Martin ... posted 99 stops and a pair of sacks as a sophomore ... also lettered in basketball and track & field ... ran a 10.5-second 100 meters and triple jumped 48-feet.
PERSONAL
Born 11/22/82 in Waco, Texas ... full name is Derrick O'Hara Johnson ... a youth and community studies major ... earned a spot on UT's Athletics Director's Honor Roll in the spring of 2004 ... was active in UT's community service program ... served as a mentor at local elementary and middle schools ... raised in a football family ... brother, Dwight, played defensive tackle at Baylor from 1996-99 and in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants (2002) ... is a first cousin of Bert Emanuel, the former Rice quarterback who played eight years in the NFL ... his first cousins, Ben Emanuel (senior defensive back at UCLA), and John Williams (redshirt freshman defensive end at Oklahoma) played college football ... first cousin Kevin Emanuel was a three-year starter on the defensive line at Florida State (2000-03) ... first cousin Aaron Emanuel starred at running back at USC (1985-86; `88-89) and is among that school's top 20 all-time leading rushers ... first cousin Robert Johnson was one of the nation's top scorers in basketball in 1998-99, averaging 22 points per game at Rice.
CAREER STATISTICS
Defense Year G/GS TT (Solo) Sacks TFL QBP INT (Yds-TD) PBU FC FR High 2004 12/12 130 (73) 2 (-15) 19 (-52) 10 1 (18-0) 8 9 0 18/OSU 2003 13/13 125 (78) 2 (-10) 20 (-50) 10 4 (92-1) 9 1 3 14/Ark 2002 13/13 120 (73) 2 (-4) 13 (-31) 10 4 (85-0) 10 0 0 14/KSU 2001 12/2 83 (57) 4.5 (-29) 13 (-47) 9 0 3 1 2 13/TT Career 50/40 458 (280) 10.5 (-52) 65^ (-180) 39 9* (195-1) 30 11 5 18/OSU
Special Teams Year G TT (Solo) FC FR PBLK KBLK 2004 11 0 (0) 0 0 0 1 2003 Did not play 2002 Did not play 2001 12 7 (5) 1 0 0 0 Career 22 7 (5) 1 0 0 1
High Games
Tackles: 18 vs. Oklahoma State (Sr.)
TFLs: 4 vs. Nebraska (Jr.)
Sacks: 2 at Kansas State (So.); vs. North Carolina (Fr.)
QB pressures: 6 at Baylor (Fr.)
Interceptions: 2 vs. Tulane (Jr.)
Long INT return: 47t vs. New Mexico State (Jr.)
PBUs: 3 at Kansas (Sr.)
GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
SENIOR Opponent TT (Solo) Sacks TFL QBP INT-YDS-TD PBU FC FR North Texas 9 (6) - - - - - 3 - Arkansas 14 (8) - - - - - 1 - Rice 11 (5) - 3 (-10) 1 - 1 1 - Baylor 14 (8) - 3 (-4) - - 1 1 - #2 Oklahoma 16 (7) - 1 (-3) - 1-18-0 1 1 - Missouri 12 (9) - 3 (-5) 4 - - - - Texas Tech 3 (1) - - 3 - - - - Colorado 10 (4) 1 (-9) 1 (-9) 1 - - 1 - #19 Oklahoma St. 18 (14) - 3 (-8) - - - - - Kansas 11 (6) - 3 (-5) - - 3 - - Texas A&M 10 (4) 1 (-6) 2 (-8) 1 - 2 - - Rose Bowl: #13 Michigan 2 (1) - - - - - 1 - Totals 130 (73) 2 (-15) 19 (-52) 10 1-18-0 8 9 0
JUNIOR Opponent TT (Solo) Sacks TFL QBP INT-YDS-TD PBU FC FR New Mexico St. 11 (6) 1 (-3) 1 (-3) 1 1-47-1 1 - - Arkansas 14 (7) - 2 (-3) 1 - - - - Rice 11 (7) - - - - - - 1-9 Tulane 6 (4) - - - 2-27-0 2 - 1-6 #16 Kansas St. 10 (6) - 3 (-7) - - 1 - - #1 Oklahoma 13 (9) - 1 (-3) - - - - - Iowa State 9 (7) - 1 (-4) - - - - - Baylor 5 (4) 1 (-7) 1 (-7) 2 - - - 1-27 #12 Nebraska 11 (8) - 4 (-8) 4 1-18-0 1 1 - #21 Oklahoma St. 7 (5) - 2 (-3) - - - - - Texas Tech 11 (9) - 2 (-7) - - 2 - - Texas A&M 8 (3) - 1 (-1) 1 - 1 - - Holiday Bowl: #15 Washington St. 9 (3) - 2 (-4) 1 - 1 - - Totals 125 (78) 2 (-10) 20 (-50) 10 4-92-1 9 1 3-42
SOPHOMORE Opponent TT (Solo) Sacks TFL QBP INT-YDS-TD PBU FC FR N. Texas 12 (8) - 3 (-9) 2 - - - - N. Carolina 9 (6) - 1 (-7) 1 - - - - Houston 6 (4) - - - - - - - Tulane 8 (7) - 1 (-1) 1 - 2 - - Oklahoma St. 10 (7) - - 1 1-18-0 1 - - #2 Oklahoma 12 (6) - - 1 1-19-0 1 - - #17 Kansas State 14 (11) 2 (-4) 2 (-4) 3 - - - - #17 Iowa State 9 (5) - 2 (-3) 1 - 2 - - Nebraska 12 (7) - - - - - - - Baylor 4 (3) - - - - 2 - - Texas Tech 9 (6) - - - - - - - Texas A&M 5 (1) - 1 (-1) - 1-25-0 1 - - Cotton Bowl: LSU 10 (2) - 3 (-6) - 1-23-0 1 - - Totals 120 (73) 2 (-4) 13 (-31) 10 4-85-0 10 - -
FRESHMAN Opponent TT (Solo) Sacks TFL QBP INT-YDS-TD PBU FC FR New Mexico St. 6 (4) - 1 (-3) - - - - - N. Carolina 10 (9) 2 (-13) 3 (-16) - - 1 - - @ Houston 8 (4) - 1 (-5) - - - - - Texas Tech 13 (9) 1 (-9) 2 (-11) - - 1 1 - #3 Oklahoma 8 (7) 0.5 (-5) 1 (-5) 2 - - - - @ Oklahoma St. 5 (3) - - - - - - - #14 Colorado 3 (2) - - - - - - 1-0 @ Missouri 3 (1) - - 1 - - - - @ Baylor 9 (6) - 2 (-2) 6 - - - - Kansas 8 (5) 1 (-2) 2 (-4) - - - - 1-4 @ Texas A&M 3 (2) - - - - 1 - - Big 12 Championship Game: #9 Colorado 7 (5) - 1 (-1) - - - - - Holiday Bowl: #21 Washington* 7 (6) 1 (-8) 1 (-8) - 1-16-0 1 - - Totals 83 (57) 4.5 (-29) 13 (-47) 9 - 3 1 2-4 *Bowl statistics did not count toward season statistics.
