2021 Football Roster
Roster
Johnson III, Jerry

Jersey Number 32
Jerry Johnson III
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 232
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Port Saint Lucie, Florida
- High School:
- Treasure Coast
Bio
Honors at Rice
2021
Made a pair of starts at fullback while also seeing extensive action on special teams... Made starts vs. Texas and LA Tech... Ranked as the Owls' top special teams performer by PFF with a season grade of 84.2... Credited with his first career special teams tackle vs. WKU and added a second at UTEP.
2020
Earned a start in the opener against Middle Tennessee, completing his rise from walk-on center to backfield starter... Saw action in all five games and added a second start vs. UAB in the season finale.
2019
True freshman walk-on who saw action in three games after a position switch while also preserving his redshirt… Opened camp and began the season as a reserve center, but switched to fullback in October and made his debut vs. Marshall… Also saw action against North Texas and UTEP... A member of Mike Bloomgren's second recruiting class who walked on in 2019.
Treasure Coast High School
A two-year starter and four-year letterman for coach Irvin Jones as the Titans reached the Florida 8A Playoffs… Played both guard and center… National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta member… Dean’s List and graduated from high school with an Associate’s Degree.
Personal
Full name: Jerry Miles Johnson III... Born: January 24 at Tallahassee, Florida ... Parents: Jerry Miles Johnson II and Lakeisha Maria Edwards... Father earned All-ACC honors as a defensive lineman at Florida State in 1999 and was drafted in the fourth round of the 2000 NFL Draft by Denver… Played two seasons for the Broncos... Rice major: Sport Management. Rice College: Brown
- C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
2021
Made a pair of starts at fullback while also seeing extensive action on special teams... Made starts vs. Texas and LA Tech... Ranked as the Owls' top special teams performer by PFF with a season grade of 84.2... Credited with his first career special teams tackle vs. WKU and added a second at UTEP.
2020
Earned a start in the opener against Middle Tennessee, completing his rise from walk-on center to backfield starter... Saw action in all five games and added a second start vs. UAB in the season finale.
2019
True freshman walk-on who saw action in three games after a position switch while also preserving his redshirt… Opened camp and began the season as a reserve center, but switched to fullback in October and made his debut vs. Marshall… Also saw action against North Texas and UTEP... A member of Mike Bloomgren's second recruiting class who walked on in 2019.
Treasure Coast High School
A two-year starter and four-year letterman for coach Irvin Jones as the Titans reached the Florida 8A Playoffs… Played both guard and center… National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta member… Dean’s List and graduated from high school with an Associate’s Degree.
Personal
Full name: Jerry Miles Johnson III... Born: January 24 at Tallahassee, Florida ... Parents: Jerry Miles Johnson II and Lakeisha Maria Edwards... Father earned All-ACC honors as a defensive lineman at Florida State in 1999 and was drafted in the fourth round of the 2000 NFL Draft by Denver… Played two seasons for the Broncos... Rice major: Sport Management. Rice College: Brown
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