[1] Johnson was academically ineligible to play NCAA Division I football after graduation.

[3] While at Independence, he was featured in the fourth season of the Netflix documentary series Last Chance U where he played under head coach Jason Brown.

[6] Johnson played in every game for the Georgia Bulldogs as a sophomore, where he had 20 tackles and 2.5 sacks.

[12] Johnson was selected in the first round with the 26th overall pick by the New York Jets in the 2022 NFL draft.

[19] On September 16, 2024, Johnson announced that he had suffered a torn Achilles tendon in the Jets' week 2 game against the Tennessee Titans, and would miss the remainder of the season as a result.