Jacorey Johns

Height:
6-4
Weight:
251
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Cartersville, GA
High School:
Cartersville

2022 (Redshirt Junior)
Suited up in 12 of 13 games for the Demon Deacons, helping lead the team to its seventh consecutive bowl game and back-to-back bowl wins with a victory over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl…Posted 30 total tackles including 12 solo tackles and 18 assisted tackles…Tallied three tackles for loss and a sack while also adding five quarterback hurries…Had six games with multiple tackles…Totaled a tackle for loss in four games including having a season-best 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack in a win over Liberty…Forced a fumble against Vanderbilt and recorded three tackles (9/10)

2021 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in nine of the 14 during the historic 2021 season that included ACC Atlantic Division and Gator Bowl titles...Tallied 16 tackles including six solo tackles while also having 2.5 sacks and 4.0 tackles for loss...Notched sacks in ACC wins over Florida State, Virginia and Syracuse...Finished the year with 237 plays on the field.

2020 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in all nine games... Tallied 32 tackles, including 17 solo ... Recorded defensive stops, including five solo vs. Campbell (10/2) while tying his career-high with three tackles for loss ... Also tallied seven tackles (one for loss) vs UNC (11/14) ... Notched first sack of the season against Campbell (10/2) ... Earned second varsity letter.

2019 (Redshirt Freshman)
Played in 13 games with 11 starts ... Made his first college start against Utah State (8/30) ... Recorded season-best eight stops at Virginia Tech (11/9) ... Collected seven tackles and three tackles for loss vs. Louisville (10/12) ... Tied for the team lead in tackles against Elon (9/21) with six ... Tallied four tackles and a sack at Rice (9/6) ... Totaled four stops, three tackles for loss and a sack vs. Florida State (11/19) ... Logged 692 snaps on the year including season-high 76 plays vs. Syracuse (11/30) ... On the field for 50 or more plays in eight games ... Awarded his first varsity letter.

2018 (True Freshman)
Redshirted and retained his initial year of eligibility.

High School
A consensus three-star athlete by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN ... Rated the No. 87 recruit in Georgia and the No. 48 inside linebacker nationally by 247Sports ... Played for Coach Joey King ... As a senior was named the state 4-A Player of the Year ... First Team all-state Class 4-A ... Region 5-4A Defensive Player of the Year ... Helped the Purple Hurricanes win the region championship and reach the second round of the state Class 4A playoffs ... Team leader in tackles and sacks ... Assisted Cartersville in winning the state championship as a junior.

Personal
Son of Angela and Lamontra Johns ... Born April 10, 2000 ... Won the Renaissance Award for maintaining a high GPA ... Cousin of Latavius Murray who played at Central Florida and is currently a running back with the New Orleans Saints...Majoring in Communications.