UTAH: Competing for the starting job at place kicker … also No. 1 for kickoffs … backup punter. 2018–Made the travel squad … lettered. 2017–Played in one game before taking a redshirt season … missed his only field goal attempt from 45 yards in the first game.
HIGH SCHOOL: Signed in 2015 and left on an LDS church mission … 2014 Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News first-team all-state … Salt Lake Tribune All-Tribune team … Kohl’s Kicking Camp 2014 High School first-team All-American … MaxPreps.com 2014 second-team All-America punter … two-time all-region … academic all-region … made 16-of-22 field goal attempts, including nine over 40 yards, with a long of 52 yards his senior year at Bingham HS (Utah) … 65 of 66 in PATs … in three seasons, made 23-of-34 field goal attempts and 141-of-147 PATs … also kicked off 189 times in his career with 133 touchbacks … punted his junior and senior seasons … 36 punts for 1,528 yards (42.4 average) with a long of 67 and 10 inside the 20-yard line in 2014 … Bingham High won two state championships … named National Kicker of the Week by Kohl’s after making both field goal attempts, including a 47-yarder in overtime, against the nation’s No. 1 ranked team, Bishop Gorman … Kohl’s ranked him the No. 9 prep kicking prospect in 2015 and the 49th-ranked punter … five-star Kohl’s kicker rating and 4.5-star punt rating.
PERSONAL: Son of Megan and Jeff Johnston … kinesiology major.