2014: Appeared in one game.

Prior to NAU: Two-year starter at College of the Desert for Dean Donty…Recorded 27 tackles and two sacks as a sophomore.

High School: A 2012 graduate of South Lake High School…Three-year letterwinner and two-year captain for Steven Senters…Recorded 62 tackles, 26 for loss, and four sacks as a senior…Recorded at least 60 tackles three straight years…Named first team all-conference, all-county, all-eastside, all-east metro and all-southeastern elite as a senior…Two-time second team all-conference as a sophomore and junior…Named to the South Lake Hall of Fame…Three-time All-MAC Scholar Athlete…Team won school-record eight games during senior season.

Personal: Born Nicholas Lee Johnson March 3, 1994 in Detroit, Mich....Son of Bobby and Melissa…Has two brothers, Myles and Zachary…Also a two-year starter in basketball at South Lake.