Kendall Johnson holds the WLB · Backup spot in Duke Blue Devils’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Kendall Johnson is a 6'3", 225-pound weakside linebacker for Duke, currently a redshirt junior returning for the 2026 season. From Gaithersburg, Maryland, Johnson lettered two seasons at Quince Orchard before joining the Blue Devils as a three-star recruit in 2023. Across 26 career games with two starts, he has accumulated 56 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, one caused fumble, and two pass breakups. In 2025, Johnson appeared in 10 games with two starts, recording 37 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 1.0 sack, and four quarterback pressures. He earned Academic All-ACC recognition in both 2024 and 2025.