NDSU

Bright talent on and off the mat who seeks to be the top backup behind Hermann at 184....His 6-foot-4 frame could give opponents trouble...2003-04 (Redshirt): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program...High School: Put up a 128-44 record at Hibbing High and won 83 matches by fall...Closed his career with a fifth-place finish in the state...Two-time Section 8 runner-up as the Bluejackets won a pair of section titles in his career...Set a school record with 33 pins in a single season...Named Iron Range Wrestler of the Year and Mat King Conference Wrestler of the Year...Personal: Admitted to North Dakota State "with distinction" for his near-perfect high school grade-point average...Major is architecture...Son of Curt and Sunny Johnson...Has a younger brother, Will, and a younger sister, Jenna...Grandfather Keith Stolen was a two-year starter at linebacker for the University of Minnesota football team...Uncle Wayne Johnson participated in the Bison wrestling program in the early 1970s.