He was four-letter football player at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1946 to 1949.

[1][2] As a running back, he led the team in scoring during his first season.

His final season was the first of head coach Red Sanders, who made Johnson the single-wing tailback.

In 1999, Johnson was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.

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