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Arizona: 3L... Will battle for a starting linebacker position entering the 2004 season... Played in 10 games and started six inside during the 2003 season... Finished the season with 49 total tackles (31 solo), one tackle for loss (-2 yards), one pass breakup and two forced fumbles... Posted a career-best nine tackles at Purdue... Had a tackle in the final game of the season at Arizona State... Finished with five tackles, including a tackle for loss, vs. USC... Had a solo hit in the win over Washington... Had four tackles at Oregon State... Posted seven tackles in both the California and UCLA games... Also forced a fumble vs. UCLA... Had five tackles at Washington State... Had six solo hits and broke up a pass vs. TCU... Forced a fumble and added four tackles vs. Oregon... Played in 10 games and earned the starting nod at Washington during the 2002 season... Ended the year with 28 tackles, a fumble recovery and assisted in a tackle for loss... Had twin season highs of seven tackles at Washington and Stanford... Had two tackles in each of the Wisconsin and UCLA games... Tallied three hits in each of the North Texas and Oregon State games... Had one tackle and recovered a fumble against Washington State... Had two solo tackles versus Oregon... Had a solo hit in the Utah game... Missed the last two games of the season due to injury... Played in all 11 games and started five as a true freshman in 2001... Started at inside linebacker when Ray Wells moved to whip linebacker to replace an injured Joe Siofele... Closed the year with 33 total tackles (20 solo), two tackles for loss (-14 yards) and a sack... Had five solo hits, a tackle for loss and a sack at California... Had a season-best eight tackles at Oregon State and seven against USC... Had five tackles, including a tackle for loss, at Washington... Tallied four hits against Stanford... Had two tackles versus Washington State and a tackle against both ASU and Oregon... Johnson came to Arizona from a high school program that annually sends a half-dozen players into Division I football, more than any program in the area...

High School: Skyline High School, Oakland, Calif., 2001... Earned two letters for coach John Beam... Played outside linebacker and strong safety... Two-time all-city and all-East Bay selection... Recorded 16 sacks on the year and scored three defensive touchdowns in one game with two interception returns and a fumble return... Selected to the Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100 and rated an all-region selection by Rivals100.com... Johnson earned that organization’s nod as the No. 18 safety in the class of 2001...

Personal: Academic major is communication... Son of Gary Johnson and Deborah Herbert... Father is a manager... Mother is a nurse... Dad graduated from C.W. Post... Brother, Brandon, plays Pop Warner football... Full name Kirk Johnson... Born: Sept. 21, 1983.

Johnson’s Career Stats