Johnson Named To AFCA Good Works Team
9/21/2000 2:39:37 PM | Football
During his SU career, Johnson has been a member of the Athletic Directors honor roll every semester at SU and a three-time BIG EAST Academic All-Star. He was the coordinator of the 1999 and 2000 "Jam Session" events, which feature a basketball game between members of the Syracuse media and the Orangemen football team. Monies raised through Jam Session benefit local charitable organizations.
In addition, Johnson served two terms as the SU Student-Athlete Council president from 1998-2000, leading student-athletes in community service activities and in improving the quality of life by improving communications with coaches and administrators to improve the quality of life for student-athletes. Johnson is a regular participant in SUs Student-Athlete Speakers Bureau which visits local schools and community organizations. Johnson represented Syracuse University at the NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference in Orlando, Fla., following his freshman year and served as SUs representative at the BIG EAST Student-Athlete Advisory Council meetings in Providence in 1997 and 1998.
Johnson is also an accomplished actor, having performed in numerous theatrical productions, and is an on-air radio personality, hosting "The Sunday Night Love Flight" on SU radio station WJPZ. His most recent on-stage performance was as the lead character, Cephus Miles, in the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company production of Home.
A senior co-captain, Johnson has not played since the first game this season due to an ankle injury. The fullback had five carries for 27 yards against Buffalo before the injury. Last season, he rushed for 157 yards and three touchdowns, the third-best rushing total on the team. During the preseason, Johnson was rated the top fullback in the nation by The Sporting News.
