Anthony Johnson

Position:
DL
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
6-3
Weight:
300
Hometown:
Pittsburgh, PA
High School:
Cleveland Heights (OH)

2024: Joined Pitt as a June transfer who played the prior four seasons at Youngstown State…spent the 2024 winter semester at Illinois, participating in the Illini’s spring drills...limited to one game at Pitt (the Kent State opener) due to injury...logged one tackle against the Golden Flashes.

PRIOR TO PITT: Played four seasons at Youngstown State (2020-23), compiling 45 tackles, nine tackles for loss, five sacks and one fumble recovery in 36 games (19 starts)…in his final season at YSU, started all 13 games at defensive tackle and collected 25 tackles, 6.5 TFLs, four sacks and a fumble recovery…spent a redshirt season in 2019 at Bowling Green, playing in three games and recording one solo tackle (vs. Akron).

HIGH SCHOOL: Played his senior season (2018) at Cleveland Heights, where he was named All-Ohio Division I by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association (OPSWA) under Coach Mac Stephens…collected 11 tackles for loss and five sacks in helping team to a 7-3 record…before his family moved to Cleveland, he was a Western Pennsylvania resident who played at Jeannette…as a junior in 2017, compiled a team-high 134 tackles with 12 sacks in leading the Jayhawks to a 15-1 record and the PIAA and WPIAL Class 1A championships…Eastern Conference Defensive Lineman of the Year…played under Jeannette coach Roy Hall.

PERSONAL: Son of Anthony Sr. and Melissa Johnson…earned his bachelor’s degree in general studies from Youngstown State.