2023 Football Roster
Sep 27 (Sat)
Afternoon
Max Johnson
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Athens, Ga.
- High School:
- Oconee County
2023 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Filled the quarterback position after starting quarterback Conner Weigman suffered a season-ending injury in the fourth game of the season ... Led the Aggies completing 118-of-190 passes for 1,452 yards and nine touchdowns through the air ... Saw action in the season opening win over New Mexico going 6-of-9 for 41 yards passing and one score ... Was 7-of-11 for 62 yards and one touchdown in the win over ULM ... Started the second half in the win over Auburn passing 7-of-11 for 123 yards and two touchdowns, including a score to his little brother Jake Johnson marking the first brother-to-brother touchdown in A&M history ... Made his first start of the season in the win over Arkansas finishing 17-of-28 for 210 yards and two touchdowns, also rushed nine times for 57 yards ... Passed 14-of-25 for 239 yards against Alabama and 16-of-34 for 223 yards at Tennessee, recorded his first rushing score as an Aggie against the Vols ... Registered his first 300-yard passing game as an Aggie and the sixth of his career when he completed a career-best 31 passes for 305 yards at Ole Miss ... Missed the last four games of the season due to injury.
2022 (REDSHIRT): Started three of four games he appeared in, including two starts were top 15 ranked wins against No. 13 Miami and No. 10 Arkansas in back-to-back weeks before his season was cut short due to injury ... Completed 3-of-4 passes for 23 yards, while rushing for 11 yards in his Aggie debut against Sam Houston ... Made his first start of the season against Miami, connecting on 10-of-20 passes for 140 yards and one scoring pass ... Threw for 151 yards on 11-of-21 passing, connecting on one touchdown pass, and rushed for 48 yards in the win over Arkansas ... Registered 203 yards on 19-of-26 passing and one score at Mississippi State, before suffering a season-ending injury ... Won the team Offensive Attitude Award.
2021 (SOPHOMORE at LSU): Started all 12 games ... Finished the season 225-of-373 for 2,815 yards and 27 touchdowns ... Connected on 26-of-46 passes for 330 yard and three scoring passes in the season opener at UCLA ... Threw for 372 yards on 26-of-35 passing, connecting on five touchdown passes against Central Michigan ... Helped the Tigers open SEC play with a win over Mississippi State, going 17-of-27 with 280 yards and four touchdowns ... Connected on three touchdown passes in the win over Florida ... Went 22-of-33 for 319 yards and two touchdowns in the win over ULM ... Closed out the season with 306 yards on 22-of-38 passing and three touchdowns.
2020 (FRESHMAN at LSU): Appeared in six games, starting twice … Connected on 88-of-150 passes for 1,069 yards, eight touchdowns and only one interception, adding 119 rushing yards and a pair of scores … Took over the starting quarterback duties for the Tigers in Week 9 against Florida and rallied LSU to back-to-back wins over the Gators and Ole Miss to close out the season … Was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the win over No. 6 Florida in Gainesville in what was his first career start, completing 21-of-36 passes for 239 yards and three TDs while also adding another 52 rushing yards … Completed 27-of-51 passes for 435 yards and three TDs in the win over Ole Miss, adding 45 rushing yards and a pair of rushing touchdowns … Made his college debut against South Carolina, rushing twice for 19 yards.
HIGH SCHOOL: One of the nation’s top prep quarterbacks, playing at Oconee County High School in Watkinsville, Georgia… Was a 4-star pro-style quarterback by Rivals and 247Sports … Threw for 5,140 yards and 47 TDs, adding 289 rushing yards and 14 TDs in his career … As a senior, threw for 2,143 yards, 30 TDs and only five interceptions … Rushed for seven TDs as a senior in 2019 … Ranked as the No. 15 pro-style quarterback by 247Sports and as the No. 52 overall prospect in Georgia … Ranked No. 123 on the ESPN 300 list … As a sophomore, passed for 1,918 yards … Ranked the 11th-best at his position by Rivals and 30th-best overall prospect in the state of Georgia… Led Oconee County to Georgia 4A state title game as a senior … Is the son of Super Bowl-winning quarterback Brad Johnson and is the nephew of former Georgia and Miami head coach Mark Richt … Dad played quarterback at Florida State and then was the starting quarterback in Tampa Bay’s win over Oakland in Super Bowl XXXVII… His mom Nikki was a standout volleyball player at South Florida, setting school record for kills (1,726), digs (1,462) and hitting percentage (.303) during her career.
