2025 The Citadel Football Roster
Jersey Number 22
Garrison Johnson Sr.
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Prev School:
- Northwestern State
- Position:
- RB
- Ht. / Wt.:
- 5-11 / 220
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Manvel HS
2024: Appeared in all 12 games…received a larger role later in the season, recording 10-plus carries in three of the team’s last four games…led team and was third in the SoCon with seven rushing touchdowns, the most for a Bulldog in a season since 2021…rushed for 65 yards on 15 carries against Clemson, including a touchdown…one of two Bulldogs with two-plus rushing touchdowns in one game in 2024…rushed for 308 yards on 68 carries for the season…third on the team with an average of 4.5 yards per rush….rushed for 30-plus yards in five separate games…broke off a 31-yard run against Mercer…also recorded one reception for 11 yards…had three carries for six yards and a touchdown against Charleston Southern in the season opener…rushed for 28 yards on four carries with a touchdown against North Greenville…scored two touchdowns on 11 carries against Samford.
2022: Rushed for a pair of 2-yard touchdowns in the first quarter of an Oct. 15 win at Houston Christian ... rushed for a career-high 36 yards and his first career touchdown on seven carries in an Oct. 1 win against Nicholls ... ran for 19 yards against Grambling on Sept. 10 ... made his NSU debut, rushing for four yards, at No. 2 Montana on Sept. 3.
PRIOR: Played two seasons at Kilgore College … rushed for 346 yards and two touchdowns in the 2021 season … best game came against Tyler Junior College, rushing for 76 yards and a touchdown … tallied 362 rushing yards and six touchdowns in the spring 2021 season … best game that season came against Blinn, rushing for 76 yards and a touchdown … broke a career-long, 43-yard rush against Trinity Valley in the spring finale … redshirted at Syracuse in 2019 … graduated with a 3.0 grade point average.
HIGH SCHOOL / PREP: Four-year letterman at Manvel in suburban Houston … had 1,500 all-purpose yards and 18 touchdowns to earn all-district honors as a senior … helped Manvel reach the state semifinals as a junior, rushing for 1,200 yards and 15 touchdowns as an all-district pick … named district running back of the year as a sophomore when he compiled more than 2,000 all-purpose yards and 18 touchdowns … district's Newcomer of the Year as a freshman, surpassing 1,500 all-purpose yards and 15 touchdowns … four-sport standout lettered all four years in football, basketball, baseball and track and field.
2022: Rushed for a pair of 2-yard touchdowns in the first quarter of an Oct. 15 win at Houston Christian ... rushed for a career-high 36 yards and his first career touchdown on seven carries in an Oct. 1 win against Nicholls ... ran for 19 yards against Grambling on Sept. 10 ... made his NSU debut, rushing for four yards, at No. 2 Montana on Sept. 3.
PRIOR: Played two seasons at Kilgore College … rushed for 346 yards and two touchdowns in the 2021 season … best game came against Tyler Junior College, rushing for 76 yards and a touchdown … tallied 362 rushing yards and six touchdowns in the spring 2021 season … best game that season came against Blinn, rushing for 76 yards and a touchdown … broke a career-long, 43-yard rush against Trinity Valley in the spring finale … redshirted at Syracuse in 2019 … graduated with a 3.0 grade point average.
HIGH SCHOOL / PREP: Four-year letterman at Manvel in suburban Houston … had 1,500 all-purpose yards and 18 touchdowns to earn all-district honors as a senior … helped Manvel reach the state semifinals as a junior, rushing for 1,200 yards and 15 touchdowns as an all-district pick … named district running back of the year as a sophomore when he compiled more than 2,000 all-purpose yards and 18 touchdowns … district's Newcomer of the Year as a freshman, surpassing 1,500 all-purpose yards and 15 touchdowns … four-sport standout lettered all four years in football, basketball, baseball and track and field.
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