Matt Johnson Profile - Coastal Carolina Official Athletic Site

Matt Johnson

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Columbia, S.C.
	High School: Keenan HS

	Height / Weight: 6-1 / 280
	Position: DT

2011 (RSo.): Played in nine games ... Started the Presbyterian contest, tying his season high with four tackles and getting a fumble recovery ... Recorded 15 tackles on the season ... Tallied three tackles at Liberty ... Credited with four tackles at Stony Brook.

2010 (So.): Redshirted.

2009 (Fr.): Played in each of the first six games as a true freshman before missing the final five with injury ... Recorded three tackles, getting one each versus Kent State, North Carolina A&T and VMI ... Named to the 2009-10 Big South Presidential Honor Roll for posting a 3.0 GPA for the academic year.

Prior to Coastal Carolina: Named to represent South Carolina in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas ... Second team All-State and the Class 2A Area Defensive Player of the Year according to The State ... Helped Keenan post its first winning season in 14 years, a 7-4 mark ... Totaled 19.5 sacks in his senior season for the Raiders at defensive end after having started the previous three years on the interior of the defensive line ... Also was a wrestler at Keenan.

Personal: Son of Thomas Johnson and Lovice Johnson.