Jericho Johnson holds the NT · Starter spot in California Golden Bears’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jericho Johnson is a 6'4", 345-pound defensive lineman from Suisun City, California, who attended Armijo High School. A consensus four-star recruit in the 2024 class, Johnson was rated the No. 150 overall prospect by the composite recruiting rankings and recognized as a top-200 recruit nationally. He recorded 52 total tackles and nine sacks as a senior in 2023, earning All-State honors. Johnson played at Oregon before transferring to California as a redshirt sophomore. During his redshirt freshman year in 2025, he appeared in nine games and registered five tackles.

Oregon2024 – 2025

California2026 — present