Desjuan Johnson first suited up for the Toledo Rockets in 2018 for a MAC title defense season. In his final year of eligibility last fall, the defensive tackle wrapped up a long Toledo tenure in storybook fashion, from both an individual and team perspective.
Toledo claimed its first MAC championship since 2017 — Johnson’s senior year of high school — in a 17-7 defensive-led slugfest against Ohio. Later in the month of December, Johnson and the Rockets utilized a potent defense to edge Liberty 21-19 in the Boca Raton Bowl, marking the program’s first bowl win in seven seasons.