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2017 Football Roster

87 Dorian Johnson

  • Position Tight End
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 225
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Pasadena, Texas
  • Prev School Memorial HS (Navarro JC)
  • Major Kinesiology/Sports & Leisure

Biography

At Midwestern State

Individual Awards
All-Lone Star Conference
2016 (HM), 2017 (2nd)

Senior (2017)
a second-team All-Lone Star Conference pick... played in each of MSU's 11 games making nine starts at tight end... caught 13 passes for 231 yards and a touchdown... big play threat averaged 17.8 yards per catch... caught passes in eight of 11 games... caught two passes for 53 yards including a 42-yard touchdown in a 35-13 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville (9/16)... made season-high three receptions for 34 yards in a 45-3 win over West Texas A&M (10/21)... played a role in an offensive line unit for the nation's 11th-best offensive attack as the Mustangs piled up 483.3 yards per game ranking eighth in NCAA Division II in scoring with 42.5 points per game... offensive line permitted a national low 2.91 tackles for loss per game... unit ranked eighth in Division II allowing eight sacks in 11 games...

Junior (2016)
appeared in 11 games making seven starts at tight end... earned honorable mention All-Lone Star Conference... made 14 receptions for 178 yards... had season-high four catches for 62 yards in the opening round of the NCAA Division II Playoffs at Ferris State (11/19)... snagged three aeriels for 16 yards in a 28-21 win over Angelo State (10/15)... posted 25-yard receptions against Texas A&M-Commerce (10/8) and Ferris State and hauled in a 24-yard gainer in a 76-21 rout of UT-Permian Basin (10/29)... registered receptions in seven games... played a role for an offensive line unit that paved the way for the second-best rushing attack in the LSC while ranking 37th nationally at 196.1 yards per game while limiting opposing defenses to 5.1 tackles for loss a game -- second in the LSC and 38th in NCAA Division II... MSU permitted just 11 sacks all season...

Redshirt Sophomore (2015)
played in three games as a reserve tight end... accounted for four receptions for 25 yards... had two catches for 13 yards with a long of 11 in a season opening 31-3 win over Truman State (9/5)... made two catches for 12 yards in a 16-13 overtime win at Colorado Mesa (9/12)... missed final nine games of the regular season... returned from injury to see action in the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs against Colorado State-Pueblo (11/28)... made one tackle on special teams...

Sophomore (2014)
served redshirt season...

At Navarro College

Freshman (2013)
played in 10 games for coach Brian Mayper at Navarro... played tight end, but did not record a statistic...

At Pasadena Memorial High School
earned first-team All-District 22-5A at tight end as a junior and senior for coach Chris Quillan... recorded four catches for 99 yards and a touchdown as a senior... posted 279 yards on 19 grabs as a junior, averaging 14.7 yards a catch, with two touchdowns... punted as a junior and senior, averaging 33.3 yards as a junior and 37.0 yards as a senior...

Personal
son of Danica Johnson... born June 1, 1995...

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 87

    2014Sophomore

    Tight End
    6'2" 220 lbs
    87
  • 87

    2015Sophomore

    Tight End
    6'3" 220 lbs
    87
  • 87

    2016Junior

    Tight End
    6'2" 225 lbs
    87
  • 87

    2017Senior

    Tight End
    6'2" 225 lbs
    87