2023 Football Roster
Roster
Johnson, Jarid

Jersey Number 44
Jarid Johnson
- Position:
- NT
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 295
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Pascagoula, Miss.
- Previous School:
- Pearl River CC
Bio
2023: Played and started in all 11 games for the Skyhawks at defensive tackle…Helped team to inaugural Big South-OVC Football Association championship…Compiled 38 total tackles, including 14 solos and 24 assists…Notched 5.5 tackles for loss totaling 22 yards…Recorded 2.0 sacks…Posted three quarterback hurries…Blocked potential game-winning field goal attempt against Eastern Illinois (Oct. 7)…Tallied five or more tackles in four contests – including a season-high six tackles against Southeast Missouri (Nov. 11)…Notched a season-high 2.0 tackles for loss against North Alabama (Sept. 23)…Tallied two quarterback hurries against Tennessee State (Sept. 30).
2022: Played in all 11 games for the Skyhawks while starting one contest on the defensive line…Helped team to OVC Championship…Started against Kennesaw State (Nov. 5)…Compiled 18 total tackles…Notched half a tackle for loss against Tennessee Tech (Oct. 1)…Tallied a season-best seven tackles against Kennesaw State (Nov. 5)…Posted a quarterback hurry against Tennessee Tech (Oct. 1).
2021: Played in six games for the Skyhawks on the defensive line…Helped team to OVC Championship and second round berth in NCAA Division I playoffs…Compiled two total tackles…Tallied one tackle against both Western Kentucky (Sept. 2) and No. 9 Jacksonville State (Sept. 25).
BEFORE UTM: Joins the Skyhawks from Pearl River Community College where he played two season for head coach Seth Smith…Combined for 27 total tackles as a sophomore…Notched 4.0 tackles for loss totaling 26 yards…Recorded 2.0 sacks…Tallied two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery…Named to JCGridiron.com Fall All-American third team…Earned second team all-conference honors...Posted 20 total tackles and 5.0 tackles for loss as a freshman…Prepped at Pascagoula High School where she played for head coach Lewis Sims…Selected to play in the Bernard Blackwell North-South All-Star game.
PERSONAL: Born on Sept. 13, 2000...Son of Norman and Deanna Johnson...Majoring in sports medicine.
2022: Played in all 11 games for the Skyhawks while starting one contest on the defensive line…Helped team to OVC Championship…Started against Kennesaw State (Nov. 5)…Compiled 18 total tackles…Notched half a tackle for loss against Tennessee Tech (Oct. 1)…Tallied a season-best seven tackles against Kennesaw State (Nov. 5)…Posted a quarterback hurry against Tennessee Tech (Oct. 1).
2021: Played in six games for the Skyhawks on the defensive line…Helped team to OVC Championship and second round berth in NCAA Division I playoffs…Compiled two total tackles…Tallied one tackle against both Western Kentucky (Sept. 2) and No. 9 Jacksonville State (Sept. 25).
BEFORE UTM: Joins the Skyhawks from Pearl River Community College where he played two season for head coach Seth Smith…Combined for 27 total tackles as a sophomore…Notched 4.0 tackles for loss totaling 26 yards…Recorded 2.0 sacks…Tallied two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery…Named to JCGridiron.com Fall All-American third team…Earned second team all-conference honors...Posted 20 total tackles and 5.0 tackles for loss as a freshman…Prepped at Pascagoula High School where she played for head coach Lewis Sims…Selected to play in the Bernard Blackwell North-South All-Star game.
PERSONAL: Born on Sept. 13, 2000...Son of Norman and Deanna Johnson...Majoring in sports medicine.
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