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2022
Named pre-season Second-Team All-MAC by Athlon.
2021
Third-Team All-MAC..Fourth on team with 86 tackles...Started all 13 games...Named MAC West Defensive Player of the Week for his performance vs. Notre Dame on Sept. 11...Led the Rockets with 10 tackles vs. the Irish, including 1.5 tackles for loss, and one quarterback hurry....Career-high 13 tackles and 1.0 TFL vs. NIU...10 tackles vs. Ohio...Five tackles and 1.5 TFL vs. BGSU...Four tackles and two pass breakups vs. Ball State...Had a game-high 10 tackles in the Bahamas Bowl against Middle Tennessee State.
2020
Led team with 47 tackles...Also had 4.5 TFLs...Led team in tackles in four of six games...Seven tackles, 2.0 TFL, and a forced fumble at NIU...10 tackles vs. CMU...Nine tackles at WMU.
2019
Played in all 12 games as a reserve at linebacker, making 23 tackles...Four tackles against both Murray State and Ball State.
2018
Played in all 13 games, making eight tackles...Season-high three tackles vs Ball State and Western Michigan.
High School
Three-star prospect according to Scout.com and 247 Sports…Helped Cass Tech to an MHSAA state championship and an undefeated season in 2016 and regional titles in 2016 and 2017…Received the team’s Linebacker Leadership Award as a junior and senior...Attended same high school as current Rockets Edrick Mathews and Kelvin Ateman, and former Rockets Kishon Wilcher and DeJuan Rogers.
Personal
Full name is Dyontae Antjuan Johnson...Mother is Makita Jones...Has one brother, Davion, and one sister, Dari...Mechanical engineering technology major.
Career Game Highs
Tackles: 13 (Northern Illinois, 10-9-21)
Tackles for Loss: 2.0 (at Northern Illinois, 12-5-20)
