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Jaylen Johnson Ready to Work, Motivated to Make Impact for Buckeyes’ Defense As He Begins Ohio State Career

Jaylen Johnson wasn’t happy with how he finished his high school football career.

After his senior season at Cincinnati’s La Salle High School, Johnson was named as the Greater Catholic League’s co-defensive back of the year while earning first-team all-Ohio honors from MaxPreps. He helped lead the Lancers to the state semifinals, where they lost to Massillon Washington and his soon-to-be Ohio State teammate Jayden Ballard.

Johnson, however, doesn’t believe he deserved any accolades for how he played in 2020.

“My senior year, people say I played good, but in my opinion, I feel like I played horrible,” Johnson told Eleven Warriors last week.