2022 Football Roster
Jersey Number 11
Durrell Johnson
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- DE
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 240
- Prev School:
- Overlea HS (ASA College)
- Hometown:
- Baltimore, Md.
2021 (Jr.):
- Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch list (National Defensive Player of the Year)
- Chuck Bednarik Award watch list (Outstanding Defensive Player in College Football)
- Saw playing time in nine games, starting seven contests
- Battled injuries throughout the season, missing games against Troy, ULM, North Texas and UMass
- Finished the season with 25 tackles (16 solo, nine assisted)
- Added 6.0 tackles for a loss (22 yards), two quarterback hurries and a pass breakup
- Opened the season with four tackles against Campbell, including three assisted stops
- Three solo stops at Syracuse
- Solo tackle and a quarterback hurry during a road win at UAB
- Two tackles (one solo, one assisted), four-yard tackle for a loss and a quarterback hurry against Middle Tennessee
- Three stops (one solo, two assisted) at No. 15 Ole Miss, including a four-yard tackle for a loss
- Four solo stops against No. 21 Louisiana, in two tackles for a loss and a pass breakup
- Four tackles (two solo, two assisted) against Army, including a six-yard tackle for a loss
- Four stops, including three solo tackles, during Liberty’s win over Eastern Michigan in the LendingTree Bowl
2020 (Jr.):
- Phil Steele Postseason All-America fourth-team selection
- Phil Steele Postseason All-Independent first team
- VaSID All-State first-team selection
- Started all 11 games at defensive end
- Led the team with 11.5 tackles for a loss (74 yards) and 8.5 sacks (65 yards)
- Ranked No. 28 in the country in sacks (0.77 per game)
- Ranked fourth on Liberty’s roster with 38 tackles (25 solo, 13 assisted)
- Added six quarterback hurries and an interception
- Helped Liberty rank No. 23 in the country in interceptions, recording one of the Flames’ 11 interceptions during the season
- Six tackles, including five solo stops, in his first game at Liberty during the Flames’ season-opening win at Western Kentucky
- Finished the FIU game with a season-best 3.5 tackles for a loss (23 yards) and 2.5 sacks (20 yards)
- Seven tackles, including a 16-yard sack, during Liberty’s road win at Syracuse
- Four tackles, including three assisted stops, and a quarterback hurry in a road victory at Virginia Tech
- Four tackles, two solo and two assisted, during Liberty’s win over No. 9/11 Coastal Carolina in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl
- Mid-year enrollee who took part in Liberty’s 2020 spring football workouts
Previous School:
- Transferred to Liberty from ASA College in Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Also received offers from Akron, Bethune-Cookman, Grambling State, Morgan State and South Alabama
- Two-time all-conference honoree at ASA College
- JUCO All-American
Prep:
- Graduate of Overlea High School in Baltimore, Md.
- Named a Super 22 Athlete and a BTC All-Star
- Also competed in basketball
Personal:
- Son of Kiffiney Parrish and Durrell Johnson
- Graduated with a degree in interdisciplinary studies in May 2022
- Currently pursuing a master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies
- Birthday is June 26
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