Johnson Named to Walter Camp All-America Second Team
12/8/2022 8:55:01 PM | Football
After leading the nation in tackles for a loss, Liberty’s defensive end Durrell Johnson has earned All-America honors.
The senior has been named to the Walter Camp All-America second team, which was announced earlier this evening as part of The Home Depot College Football Awards Show on ESPN.
The Walter Camp All-America team is the nation’s oldest college football All-America team. Tonight’s team is the 133rd-announced team in the organization’s history.
Twenty-six players were selected to the first and second teams by the 131 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors.
In all, 35 different schools from 10 conferences (including independents) were represented on the All-America first and second teams. Overall, the Big Ten Conference had the most honorees (20; nine first-team selections and 11 second-team honorees), followed by the SEC (11; six first-team and five second-team).
Johnson is the fifth player in program history to be named to the Walter Camp All-America team and the first at the FBS level (RB Rashad Jennings – 2008; K Matt Bevins – 2009 and 2010; RS Kevin Fogg – 2011; S Jacob Hagen – 2014).
This is the second All-America honor of Johnson’s three-year Liberty career. He was also named to the Phil Steele Postseason All-America fourth-team in 2020.
Johnson finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in the country in tackles for a loss (1.9 per game) and leads the nation with 22.5 tackles for a loss (95 yards).
He is one of only two FBS players in the country with 20-plus tackles for a loss in 2022, joining USC’s Tuli Tuipulotu (20.0 TFLs).
The native of Baltimore, Md., also ranks No. 3 in the country with three forced fumbles and No. 34 in the country in sacks (8.0/0.67 per game).
Johnson has recorded 49 tackles during the 2022 season (32 solo, 17 assisted). He has also added four pass breakups, two quarterback hurries and an interception. He has finished six of Liberty’s 12 games in 2022 with five or more tackles.
Since transferring to Liberty prior to the 2020 season, Johnson has tallied 112 career stops (73 solo, 39 assisted), along with 40.0 tackles for a loss and 16.5 sacks in 32 games played.
