2021 USC Football Roster
Roster
Greg Johnson
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, CA
- High School:
- Hawkins HS
CAREER: He has 98 tackles, including 6.5 for a loss of 39 yards (with a sack for minus 14 yards), 9 deflections, 3 interceptions with a TD, 2 fumble recoveries and 2 forced fumbles in his career. He has appeared in 39 games in his career, with 25 starts.
2021: Johnson started for his third season at nickelback as a senior in 2021. Overall while appearing in 10 games (all but Notre Dame and Arizona) and starting 9 times (all but Oregon State, Notre Dame and Arizona), he had 33 tackles, including 2.5 for losses of 13 yards, an interception for a TD, a deflection and a forced fumble. He missed the Notre Dame and Arizona games with a knee injury. He missed 2021 spring practice while recuperating from a 2020 knee injury.
He had 4 tackles and returned an interception 37 yards for a TD to break open a tight game in the fourth quarter against San Jose State to earn CollegeSportsMadness.com Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week honors. He had 5 tackles (2 for losses) against Stanford, 3 tackles at Washington State, 2 tackles against Oregon State, 3 tackles at Colorado and a tackle and deflection versus Utah. He had 4 tackles (0.5 for loss) at Arizona State, 4 tackles against UCLA and 6 tackles and a forced fumble versus BYU.
2020: Johnson started for his second season at nickelback as a junior in 2020 before suffering a season-ending knee injury. Overall in 2020 while appearing in USC’s first 4 games (all but UCLA and Oregon) and starting 3 times (versus Arizona State, Arizona and Washington State), he had 15 tackles, including 1 for a loss of 6 yards, and a deflection. He tore cartilage in his left knee against Washington State and had surgery that sidelined him the rest of the season.
He had 4 tackles against Arizona State, 6 tackles (1 for a loss of 6 yards) and a deflection at Arizona, 3 tackles at Utah and 2 tackles against Washington State.
2019: Johnson started at nickelback as a sophomore in 2019. Overall in 2019 while appearing in 11 games (all but Arizona and Arizona State) and starting 9 times (all but Stanford, Washington, Arizona and Arizona State), he had 35 tackles, including 2 for losses of 18 yards (with a 14-yard sack), plus 4 deflections, 2 interceptions for 32 yards, 1 fumble recovery and 1 forced fumble. He suffered a concussion against BYU, then sprained his left shoulder at Notre Dame and missed the Arizona game and suffered a concussion against Oregon and missed the Arizona State game. He was limited in 2019 spring practice while recuperating from 2018 shoulder surgery.
He had 2 tackles against Fresno State, 6 tackles, a deflection and a fourth quarter interception against Stanford, 2 tackles at BYU, 6 tackles (1 for loss) and forced a fumble that he recovered against Utah, a tackle and deflection at Washington, 5 tackles and a deflection at Notre Dame, 2 tackles at Colorado, a deflection against Oregon, 2 tackles and returned an interception 32 yards at California, 4 tackles against UCLA and 5 tackles (with a 14-yard sack) against Iowa.
2018: Johnson, healthy after a 2017 shoulder injury, started USC’s first 4 games at cornerback as a redshirt freshman in 2018 and he also played on special teams. Overall while appearing in 10 games in 2018 (all but California and Notre Dame), he had 15 tackles, including 1 for a loss of 2 yards, 3 deflections and a fumble recovery. He hurt his right shoulder at Oregon State and missed the California game, then had surgery on the shoulder prior to the Notre Dame game, causing him to miss that contest.
He had 1 tackle against UNLV, 4 tackles (1 for a loss) and 1 deflection at Stanford, a tackle and a deflection at Texas, 3 tackles against Washington State, a tackle at Arizona, a deflection against Colorado, a tackle and a fumble recovery at Utah, 3 tackles against Arizona State and a tackle at Oregon State.
2017: Johnson saw brief action in USC’s first 4 games as a first-year freshman cornerback in 2017. He injured his shoulder prior to the Washington State game, had surgery and missed the rest of the season. Because of the early-season injury, he was able to medically redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2016 Prep Star All-American Dream Team, Max Preps All-American Medium Schools second team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Orange County Register Fab 15 second team, USA Today All-California first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Medium Schools first team, All-L.A. City Division II Player of the Year and All-Coliseum League Co-Player of the Year as a senior defensive back, running back and wide receiver at Hawkins High in Los Angeles (Calif.). In 2016, he had 55 tackles, 5 interceptions (1 for a TD) and 5 deflections on defense, ran for 1,317 yards on 122 carries (11.3 avg) with 13 TDs and had 17 receptions for 364 yards (21.4 avg) with 3 TDs on offense and returned 2 kickoffs for 47 yards (23.5 avg) and had a 34-yard punt return on special teams.
As a junior in 2015, he made Cal-Hi Sports All-State Junior first team and All-L.A. City Division II first team while making 42 tackles, 4 interceptions (3 for TDs), 6 deflections on defense and running for 1,108 yards on 83 carries (13.3 avg) with 11 TDs, catching 28 passes for 422 yards (15.1 avg) with 6 TDs and completing 8-of-15 passes (53.3%) for 193 yards with 1 TD on offense.
As a 2014 sophomore, he made Max Preps All-State Division III second team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Small Schools second team, Max Preps Sophomore All-American first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State Sophomore first team and All-L.A. City Division III while making 52 tackles, 1 interception and 2 deflections on defense, running for 2,371 yards on 147 carries (16.1 avg) with 20 TDs, catching 20 passes for 416 yards (20.8 avg) with 4 TDs and completing 41-of-65 passes (63.1%) for 1,049 yards with 8 TDs on offense and returning 3 kickoffs for 92 yards (30.7 avg) and 3 punts for 118 yards (39.3 avg) with 1 TD on special teams.
As a 2013 freshman, he had 44 tackles, 3 deflections, 2 fumble recoveries and 2 forced fumbles on defense and ran for 637 yards on 79 carries (8.1 avg) with 4 TDs and completed 19-of-31 passes (61.3%) for 414 yards with 2 TDs on offense.
PERSONAL: He is a communication major at USC.
