University of Tennessee Athletics
2011 Football Roster
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Jersey Number 40
Austin Johnson
- Height:
 - 6-2
 
- Weight:
 - 240
 
- Class:
 - Senior
 
- Hometown:
 - Hickory, N.C.
 
- High School:
 - Hickory
 
| Career Statistics | 
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                        Honors            
            - 2010 Academic All-SEC
 - 2009 Academic All-SEC
 - 2008 Academic All-SEC
 
                2011            
            - 2011 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
 - Games/Starts: 12/12
 - Senior middle linebacker, led Vols in tackles with 81, starting all 12 games
 - Led team in interceptions with four for 49 yards
 - Tied for NCAA lead in interceptions by a linebacker (with Kentucky's Danny Trevathan)
 - Had 5.0 TFLs, a sack, and two QB hurries
 - With four interceptions, has most INTs by a UT linebacker in a season since Jackie Walker had five in 1970
 - Four interceptions tied for fourth-most in the SEC
 - Finished with interceptions in four of the last six games, including three games in a row (11/5-19)
 - Closed career with seven tackles at Kentucky (11/26))
 - Third game in a row with an interception vs. Vanderbilt (11/19), led team in tackles with nine stops including first-career sack for 13 yards
 - Third interception of the season, a TFL and three tackles at #8 Arkansas (11/12)
 
- Led Vols in tackles for fourth time this season with seven stops vs. MTSU (11/5) along with his second interception
 - Second career 10-plus tackle game vs. #14 South Carolina (10/29) giving him 100 career tackles
 - Second-career interception along with five tackles at #2 Alabama (10/22)
 - Made six tackles vs. #1 LSU (10/15)
 - Career-high 11 tackles to tie for team-lead vs. Georgia (10/8)
 - Second on team with six tackles vs. Buffalo (10/1)
 - Tied for team-lead in stops at #16 Florida (9/17) with seven
 - Tied for team-lead with six tackles vs. Cincinnati (9/10)
 - First-career start came in opener vs. Montana (9/3), made four tackles
 
                2010            
            - Games/Starts: 13/0
 - Switched to linebacker after spending first two seasons as a fullback
 - One of four Vols to see action in every single quarter in 2010
 - Fourth among UT linebackers with 44 tackles and 11th on the team
 - Tied for second on the Vols with nine special teams tackles
 - Also tied for fourth on the squad with a pair of takeaways (1 INT, 1 FR)
 - Compiled 3.5 tackles for loss
 - Finished in the top three for UT in tackles five times, including a career-best nine vs. UAB, second-most on the Vols
 
- Posted six tackles vs. Georgia and Alabama and five stops vs. UT Martin and Mississippi
 - Also had first career interception vs. UT Martin and teamed with Greg King to record UT's lone safety of the season against the Skyhawks
 - Forced and recovered fumble vs. Florida
 - Contributed a pair of tackles vs. Memphis, Vanderbilt and North Carolina
 - Earned UT's Andy Spiva Award as the team's defensive surprise player of 2010 spring practice period
 
                2009            
            - Games/Starts: 12/0
 - Helped lead the way for Montario Hardesty to rush for more than 1,300 yards
 
- Caught 38-yard touchdown pass on game's second play versus South Carolina
 - Added one tackle on special teams
 
                2008            
            - Games/Starts: 6/0
 - Made collegiate debut against UAB
 - Appeared in five of last six games
 
- Contributed on special teams in addition to fullback responsibilities
 - Named to VolScholar Honor Roll
 
                High School            
            - Enrolled at UT in January 2008 and participated in spring drills
 - All-State in 2006 and 2007
 - Three-time All-Conference linebacker, including final two seasons as conference Defensive Player of the Year
 - Team MVP junior year
 - 2007 Shrine Bowl participant and captain of North Carolina squad against South Carolina all-stars
 - 2007 Carolina Panthers Community Captain for success on the field, in the classroom and throughout the community
 - Started three years at linebacker and two at fullback
 - Finished with 580 career tackles
 
- Had 160 tackles as sophomore, 211 as junior and 210 senior year
 - As senior, rushed 108 times for 692 yards and 18 touchdowns and had 35 receptions for 470 yards
 - Also excelled in baseball
 - National Honor Society and Beta Club member
 - His father, Mike, started football career at Kentucky before completing eligibility at UT-Martin
 - Older brother, Tyler, played linebacker at Wingate in Div. II South Atlantic Conference
 - Coach at Hickory High School - John Worley
 
                Career Highs            
            - Tackles - 11 vs. Georgia, 10/8/11
 - 10-Tackle Games - 2 vs. Georgia, 10/8/11; vs. South Carolina, 10/29/11
 - Sacks - 1 vs. Vanderbilt, 11/19/11
 - Tackles For Loss - 1.5 vs. UT Martin, 9/4/10
 - Interceptions - 1 five times, last vs. Vanderbilt, 11/19/11
 
                Personal            
            - Born on June 16, 1989
 - Parents are Michael and Carman Johnson
 
FB | Braylon Staley & Edrees Farooq Postgame (11.1.25)
Sunday, November 02
FB | Joey Aguilar & Edwin Spillman Postgame (11.1.25)
Sunday, November 02
FB | Josh Heupel Postgame Press Conference vs. Oklahoma (11.1.25)
Sunday, November 02
FB | Cinematic Recap at Kentucky (10.25.25)
Wednesday, October 29


























































































































