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Jersey Number 44
Jericho Johnson
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 345
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Experience:
- 3
- Hometown:
- Suisun City, CA
- Prev School:
- Oregon
- High School:
- Armijo HS
Redshirt Sophomore (2026) - Cal
- Recorded four tackles and 0.5 sacks against Syracuse.
- Made Cal debut as starter against UCLA.
- Played in nine games and recorded five tackles.
- Listed as the No. 18 defensive lineman in the 2026 transfer portal by 247Sports
- Appeared in two games.
- Played three snaps on defense against both Michigan State and Maryland.
- Redshirted.
- Played at Armijo HS -- Class of 2024
- A consensus four-star recruit and a consensus top-200 recruit nationally.
- Rated as the No. 108 overall recruit by 247Sports and the No. 9 recruit in California.
- Viewed as the No. 132 overall prospect by Rivals and No. 5 defensive tackle recruit.
- The No. 150 overall prospect by the 247Sports Composite.
- A top-200 recruit according to ESPN.
- Named to the Adidas All-American Bowl.
- Racked up 52 total tackles and nine sacks as a senior in 2023.
- Named to the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Preseason first team.
- Recorded seven games with four or more tackles and three games with multiple sacks.
- Named to the 2022 All-Monticello Empire League first team as a junior in 2022.
- Tallied 36 tackles, 15.0 TFL and nine sacks his junior year.
- Also recruited by Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Auburn, California, Colorado, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Louisiana Tech, Miami, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon State, San Jose State, USC, Utah, Washington, Washington State and Wisconsin.
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