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Linebacker
6-1 · 200
Euless, Texas (Trinity)
#30
Fifth-year former prep quarterback who moved to linebacker at UT and has seen time on both defense and special teams ... served as a reserve middle linebacker for the past two seasons ... played in nine games in 2005, primarily on special teams, and recorded seven tackles ... played in 11 games primarily on special teams in 2004 ... appeared in two games on special teams in 2003 ... saw action in the season's first three games on special teams before a knee injury sidelined him for the remainder of the 2002 season ... spent the '01 season gaining experience at linebacker while redshirting ... a solid student who graduated in December.
SENIOR (2005)
Played in nine games primarily on special teams ... also served as a reserve middle linebacker ... recorded seven tackles ... had a high of two versus Rice ... saw time on defense versus Rice, Baylor, Kansas and Colorado in the Big 12 Championship.
JUNIOR (2004)
Played in 11 games primarily on special teams ... also served as a reserve middle linebacker ... appeared on defense versus North Texas.
SOPHOMORE (2003)
Appeared in two games as a member of the special teams.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2002)
Saw action in three games on special teams before sustaining a season-ending knee injury against Houston ... registered three tackles, all in the Houston game ... redshirted in 2001.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Steve Lineweaver at Trinity High ... a three-sport letterman who played free safety as a junior and quarterback as a senior ... a two-time all-district pick ... registered 1,256 yards of total offense and tallied a combined 18 touchdowns passing and rushing en route to an 8-3 record as a prep senior ... rushed for 652 yards and six TDs and passed for 574 yards and 12 scores in 2000 ... tossed a pair of TDs (60, 40) in the fourth quarter to lead a come-from-behind victory against Irving Nimitz ... registered 42 tackles and four interceptions as a junior ... also lettered three times as a sprinter in track and once in baseball.
PERSONAL
Born 6/21/82 in Fort Worth, Texas ... full name is Braden Keith Johnson ... a youth and community studies major ... father, David, played football at Oklahoma State ... uncle, Bill, played center (1948-56) and coached for the San Francisco 49ers (1955-67) and spent three seasons as head coach of Cincinnati Bengals (1976-78) ... another uncle, Gill, played quarterback with NFL Hall of Famer Doak Walker at SMU and with the Philadelphia Eagles ... active in UT's community service efforts ... serves as a mentor at local elementary schools ... a three-year prep honor roll student ... lists boating and hunting among his hobbies.
CAREER STATISTICS
Year G/GS TT (Solo) Sacks TFL QBP INT PBU FC FR High
2005 9/0 7 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 2/RU
2004 11/0 1 (1) 0 (0) 1 (-11) 0 0 0 0 0 1/KU
2003 2/0 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 --
2002 3/0 3 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 3/UH
2001 Redshirted
Career 25/0 11 (6) 0 (0) 1 (-11) 0 0 0 0 0 3/UH
