Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus Creighton (Exhibition) on October 18, 2026 , Loss , 80, to, 83


Awards & Honors
Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year (26)
All-Missouri Valley Conference First Team (26)
All-Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Team (26)
All-Missouri Valley Conference Most-Improved Team (26)
All-Missouri Valley Conference Freshman Team (25)
2025-26 (at Bradley)
Started all 34 games he appeared in … averaged 16.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.65 assists and 2.5 steals per game … shot 42.3 percent from the field (174-of-411), 38.3 percent from downtown (54-of-141) and 78.4 percent at the free throw line (171-of-218) … first Brave since 1990-91 to record at least three games of 30+ points and also tied the Bradley single-game steal record at nine against UT-Martin … Johnson also finished second in program history for single-season steals at 85, one away from tying the program record … scored in double figures in 28 of 34 games, including 12 games with at least 20 points … the Braves were 10-2 when he scored at least 20 points … had a season-high eight rebounds against UMass Lowell … turned in seven assists at Evansville and Belmont … had six games with at least five steals ... ranked second in the MVC in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.57 and fourth in total assists with 121 ... ranked fifth in the MVC in free throw percentage at 78.4 ... his 573 points were the second-most in the MVC, as were his 16.9 points per game ... led the MVC and ranked fifth in the nation in steals with 85, while ranking ninth in the country with 2.5 per game.
2024-25 (at Bradley)
Appeared in all 37 games off the bench … averaged 6.6 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game … shot 45.7 percent (75-of-164) from the field, 34.9 percent from 3-point range (15-of-43) and 68.4 percent at the free throw line (80-of-117) … broke the Bradley record for steals in a season by a freshman with 57 … scored in double figures 10 times, including a season-high 27 points against UNI … Braves were 8-2 when he scored in double figures … grabbed a season-high seven rebounds at UNI … had six assists against Valparaiso and UNI … tallied a season-high five steals against Southern Illinois.
High School
Played at Milwaukee Pius XI Catholic High School in Wisconsin, leading them to the state tournament his senior year … one of six finalists for the Wisconsin Mr. Basketball Award his senior year … scored over 2,400 points in his high school career, averaging 24.7 points per game in 100 games … opened his senior season with a 38 point, 12 rebound, nine assists performance … scored 839 points in 26 games his senior year, averaging 32.3 points, 7.6 rebounds, 8.9 assists and 4.0 steals per game … averaged 27.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 4.0 steals during his junior year, earning a third-team all-state honor.
Personal
Son of Jerome and Nataka Johnson … has a sister, Yasmine, and a brother, Jerome … majoring in Liberal Studies.