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2019 Football Roster

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29 Markel Johnson

29 Markel Johnson

  • Position:
    DL
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-4 / 245
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Jersey City, N.J.
  • Highschool:
    Lincoln
  • Major:
    Sport Management

Summary

Biography

2019: Earned Academic Honors accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following the Spring 2020 semester ... Named to the Northeast-10 All-Conference First Team … Named to the Don Hansen Football Gazette All-Super Region One Third Team … Finished sixth on the team with 34 total tackles, including 23 solo stops … Led the team with 12 tackles for loss and 6.5 total sacks … Racked up a total of 55 TFL yards and 44 sack yards … Opened up the season with a season-high eight tackles, including a sack for 14 yards, on the road at Indiana (Pa.) (Sep. 7) … Also blocked a kick against IUP … Finished with at least one tackle and one tackle for loss in all but one game … At least one of those TFL went down as a sack in six different games … Put up five or more tackles on two other occasions; at Saint Anselm (Oct. 12) and at Assumption (Nov. 9) … Also recorded a fumble recovery in the home win over Pace (Oct. 5).

2018: Named to the Northeast-10 All-Conference Third Team on defense … Started all 12 games, closing out the season with a career-high 56 tackles, including 30 solo … One of two players to finish the year with double digit tackles for loss, closing out the season with 11 that resulted in 55 yards lost … Led the team with six sacks for 43 yards while adding a pass breakup and three quarterback hurries … Finished all 12 games with at least one tackle, setting a career-high with 11, including seven solo, in the regular season finale against LIU Post (Nov. 10) … Overall, finished seven different games with five or more tackles, including the NCAA Championship second round match-up against Slippery Rock (Nov. 24) … Finished with at least a half-tackle for loss in each of the last six games, setting a season-high with 2.5 in back-to-back games against Saint Anselm (Nov. 3) and LIU Post … Finished each of those games with two sacks apiece, with the two against Saint Anselm driving the Hawks back 20 yards total.

2017: Started all 10 games for the Chargers … Closed out the season with 31 total tackles including five tackles for loss, two of which were sacks … Added one interception which he returned for 17 yards, a pass break up and a pair of quarterback hurries … Had one interception and one pass broken up … Finished with at least one tackle in all but one game … Closed out three games with five or more tackles, the first of which came in the NE10 opener against LIU Post (Sep. 11) … Added five tackles against crosstown rival Southern Connecticut State University (Sept. 29), including setting a season-high with three solo tackles against the Owls … Set a season-high with six total tackles, matching his career-best in solo stops, in the season finale against Merrimack (Nov. 11) … Also added his one interception against the Warriors … His 17 yard return on that pick helped set up the Chargers first touchdown of the game.

2016: Appeared in six games for the Chargers … Recorded one tackle … Returned one punt for 23 yards.

High School: Played football and was a member of the track and field team for the Lincoln High School Lions.

Personal: Son of Monica and Michael Johnson ... has one brother and three sisters.

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Historical Player Information

  • 59

    2016Sophomore

    DL
    6'3" 230 lbs
    59
  • 54

    2017Junior

    DL
    6'3" 230 lbs
    54
  • 29

    2018Senior

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 235 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2018-19Senior

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 235 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2019Senior

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 245 lbs
    29