DJ Johnson Jr. holds the MLB · Starter spot in East Carolina Pirates’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

DJ Johnson Jr. is a 6'0", 224-pound middle linebacker from Hampton, Georgia, who attended Dutchtown High School. Johnson signed with East Carolina on December 21, 2022, and enrolled in 2023. In his 2025 campaign, he started all eight contests he appeared in, accumulating 60 total tackles with 29 solo and 5.0 tackles for loss. He recorded a half sack and two quarterback hurries while logging 389 defensive snaps. Johnson has appeared in 28 career games, registering 89 total tackles with 6.5 career TFLs across his time with the Pirates.

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