2022 Football Roster
Johnson, Lucas
Jersey Number 7
Lucas Johnson
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 223
- Position:
- QB
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
- High School:
- Mt. Carmel HS
- Prev School:
- San Diego State
Bio
2022 (Montana):
• Named to the 2022 College Football Performance Awards FCS Watch List for National Performer of the Year.
Earned the starting QB job during his first fall camp at Montana.
2021 (San Diego State): Passed for 1,424 yards and 12 TDs while seeing consistent time under center in 12 of 13 games for the Aztecs… Went 8-1 as a starter and lead San Diego St. to its second-straight bowl win… Made 9 starts in 13 games for SDSU… Was top-ten in the Mountain West for total offense, averaging 123.5 yards per game… Led Aztecs to a Frisco Bowl victory over No. 24 Texas San Antonio with a career high 333 yards passing with 3 TDs while rushing for another score… Also rushed for 184 yards and a TD with a career long run of 54 yards against Utah in his first start of the season on week three… Went 18-24-1 (75%) for 192 yards and three TDs in a win at UNLV… Did not play in Mountain West Championship Game against Utah State… Returned to starting role in Tropical Smoothie Café Frisco Bowl, leading SDSU to a 38-24 win
2020 (San Diego State):
Mountain West Scholar Athlete
Mountain West All-Academic Team
Played in three games with one start ... Was 14-for-24 (58.3 pct.) for 184 yards and a touchdown, owning a 136.48 pass efficiency rating ... Also rushed eight times for 80 yards (8.0 avg.) with a 35-yard touchdown ... His 10.0 YPC average led FBS among quarterbacks (min. 8 att.) ... If you take away the two times he was sacked (for 13 yards), he rushed six times for 93 yards (15.5 avg.) ... Came on late to lead the Aztecs in the final two offensive drives of the game against Hawai’i ... Ran three times for a career-high 51 yards (17.0 avg.) with a then career-long run of 24 yards on the first drive, which used up a whopping 9 minutes, 1 second (9:01) of clock before Matt Araiza made a 36-yard field goal ... Then was on for victory formation as SDSU kneeled down to end the game ... Earned his first start as an Aztec at Nevada on Nov. 21, going 14-for-24 for 184 yards and a touchdown ... Also rushed five times for 29 yards, including a 35-yard touchdown ... The 35-yard run was the longest by an Aztec quarterback since Ryan Katz had a 67-yarder at Fresno State on Sept. 29, 2012 and the third longest by a SDSU QB since at least 1996 ... Had his first touchdown pass of the season and second of his career ... Recorded the first rushing touchdown of his career
2019: (Georgia Tech): Played in six games and made two starts for the Yellow Jackets… went 21-37-1 (56.76%) for 187 yards passing with one TD and a long pass of 33 yards… Rushed for 43 yards on 22 attempts…
2018: (Georgia Tech): Saw action in one game against Duke… Suffered a season-ending foot injury… Granted an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA.
2017: (Georgia Tech): Appeared in nine games as a backup behind starting quarterback TaQuon Marshall and, in the second half of the season, the holder on place kicks … Did not attempt a pass and only had one rush, a one-yarder in the season finale against Georgia (Nov. 25).
2016: (Georgia Tech): Was a Redshirt
High School: Passed for 5,474 yards and 49 touchdowns over his career at Mt. Carmel High, while adding 2,546 yards and 35 touchdowns on the ground ... As a senior, he totaled 3,737 yards, including 2,571 passing yards and 26 touchdowns, and 1,166 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns, while earning first-team all-CIF honors ... The MCHS team finished with a 9-4 record when he was a senior and made the 2015 Division II state championship game, the school's first appearance in a title game in 30 years ... Also garnered first-team all-region accolades as a senior and was the Palomar League MVP ... A three-time first-team all-league honoree and three-time team captain ... Amassed 2,104 yards (1,456 passing, 648 rushing) and 25 touchdowns (13 passing, 12 rushing) as a junior ... Was also the starting quarterback for the North squad in the 2016 Blue-Grey All-American Bowl in Tampa, Fla. ... Also was a four-year letter winner and three-year team captain in basketball, and earned two letters in track and field, captaining one season… Prepped under football coach John Anderson at MCHS
Personal: Parents are Lucas (“Jackie’) and Cathy Johnson ... Father, Jackie, played professional football for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ... Sister, Alix, played softball at Arizona State ... Originally picked Georgia Tech over offers from San Diego State, Air Force, Montana and UC Davis ... Is working on a master’s degree at UM… Plans on getting into football coaching after graduation.
Quoting Coach Hauck: “I recruited Lucas in high school at San Diego State. Mount Carmel High School was about 10 minutes from our house and we recruited him heavily, but he went to Georgia Tech. I'm glad we're back together. He had some really good performances last football season and we're hoping to help him continue his evolution and hope he can contribute for us at quarterback.”
• Named to the 2022 College Football Performance Awards FCS Watch List for National Performer of the Year.
Earned the starting QB job during his first fall camp at Montana.
2021 (San Diego State): Passed for 1,424 yards and 12 TDs while seeing consistent time under center in 12 of 13 games for the Aztecs… Went 8-1 as a starter and lead San Diego St. to its second-straight bowl win… Made 9 starts in 13 games for SDSU… Was top-ten in the Mountain West for total offense, averaging 123.5 yards per game… Led Aztecs to a Frisco Bowl victory over No. 24 Texas San Antonio with a career high 333 yards passing with 3 TDs while rushing for another score… Also rushed for 184 yards and a TD with a career long run of 54 yards against Utah in his first start of the season on week three… Went 18-24-1 (75%) for 192 yards and three TDs in a win at UNLV… Did not play in Mountain West Championship Game against Utah State… Returned to starting role in Tropical Smoothie Café Frisco Bowl, leading SDSU to a 38-24 win
2020 (San Diego State):
Mountain West Scholar Athlete
Mountain West All-Academic Team
Played in three games with one start ... Was 14-for-24 (58.3 pct.) for 184 yards and a touchdown, owning a 136.48 pass efficiency rating ... Also rushed eight times for 80 yards (8.0 avg.) with a 35-yard touchdown ... His 10.0 YPC average led FBS among quarterbacks (min. 8 att.) ... If you take away the two times he was sacked (for 13 yards), he rushed six times for 93 yards (15.5 avg.) ... Came on late to lead the Aztecs in the final two offensive drives of the game against Hawai’i ... Ran three times for a career-high 51 yards (17.0 avg.) with a then career-long run of 24 yards on the first drive, which used up a whopping 9 minutes, 1 second (9:01) of clock before Matt Araiza made a 36-yard field goal ... Then was on for victory formation as SDSU kneeled down to end the game ... Earned his first start as an Aztec at Nevada on Nov. 21, going 14-for-24 for 184 yards and a touchdown ... Also rushed five times for 29 yards, including a 35-yard touchdown ... The 35-yard run was the longest by an Aztec quarterback since Ryan Katz had a 67-yarder at Fresno State on Sept. 29, 2012 and the third longest by a SDSU QB since at least 1996 ... Had his first touchdown pass of the season and second of his career ... Recorded the first rushing touchdown of his career
2019: (Georgia Tech): Played in six games and made two starts for the Yellow Jackets… went 21-37-1 (56.76%) for 187 yards passing with one TD and a long pass of 33 yards… Rushed for 43 yards on 22 attempts…
2018: (Georgia Tech): Saw action in one game against Duke… Suffered a season-ending foot injury… Granted an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA.
2017: (Georgia Tech): Appeared in nine games as a backup behind starting quarterback TaQuon Marshall and, in the second half of the season, the holder on place kicks … Did not attempt a pass and only had one rush, a one-yarder in the season finale against Georgia (Nov. 25).
2016: (Georgia Tech): Was a Redshirt
High School: Passed for 5,474 yards and 49 touchdowns over his career at Mt. Carmel High, while adding 2,546 yards and 35 touchdowns on the ground ... As a senior, he totaled 3,737 yards, including 2,571 passing yards and 26 touchdowns, and 1,166 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns, while earning first-team all-CIF honors ... The MCHS team finished with a 9-4 record when he was a senior and made the 2015 Division II state championship game, the school's first appearance in a title game in 30 years ... Also garnered first-team all-region accolades as a senior and was the Palomar League MVP ... A three-time first-team all-league honoree and three-time team captain ... Amassed 2,104 yards (1,456 passing, 648 rushing) and 25 touchdowns (13 passing, 12 rushing) as a junior ... Was also the starting quarterback for the North squad in the 2016 Blue-Grey All-American Bowl in Tampa, Fla. ... Also was a four-year letter winner and three-year team captain in basketball, and earned two letters in track and field, captaining one season… Prepped under football coach John Anderson at MCHS
Personal: Parents are Lucas (“Jackie’) and Cathy Johnson ... Father, Jackie, played professional football for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ... Sister, Alix, played softball at Arizona State ... Originally picked Georgia Tech over offers from San Diego State, Air Force, Montana and UC Davis ... Is working on a master’s degree at UM… Plans on getting into football coaching after graduation.
Quoting Coach Hauck: “I recruited Lucas in high school at San Diego State. Mount Carmel High School was about 10 minutes from our house and we recruited him heavily, but he went to Georgia Tech. I'm glad we're back together. He had some really good performances last football season and we're hoping to help him continue his evolution and hope he can contribute for us at quarterback.”
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