2020 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Missed the season due to injury.
2019 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Appeared in two games.
Buffalo (9/7): Recorded two tackles. Pittsburgh (9/14): Registered four tackles, including three solo.
2018 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in 12 games...One of 40 players to make their first Penn State appearance.
Appalachian State (9/1): Made first career appearance, seeing time on defense and special teams...Recorded two tackles and a QB hurry. Kent State (9/15): Made one stop and broke up a pass. at Illinois (9/21): Recorded two tackles. Michigan State (10/13): Tallied a career-high four tackles, making three solo stops...Broke up a pass. at Indiana (10/20): Posted two tackles and broke up a pass. at Michigan (11/3): Recorded one solo tackle.
2017 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time letterman for head coach Thomas Wilcher at Cass Tech High School...Named team captain in 2016...Helped the Technicians to a perfect 14-0 record and the MHSAA Division I Championship in his senior season...Guided the Technicians to three city titles, four consecutive district and regional titles...Led Cass Tech to a 50-5 record in four seasons...Selected as a 2016 Army All-American...Had one tackle for the East squad in the Army All-American Game...Selected first-team USA Today All-State in 2016...Selected to the Detroit News All-State Dream Team as a senior...Named the captain of the Detroit Free Press All-Division I team in 2016...Named Associated Press All-State honorable mention as a specialist in 2016...Earned first-team all-region, all-district and all-conference honors in his senior year...Garnered second-team all-city and all-conference accolades in his junior season...Earned back-to-back Cass Tech MVP honors in 2015 and 2016...Rated a four-star prospect by Rivals and Scout and a three-star prospect by 247Sports and ESPN...Ranked as the No. 18 player in Michigan and No. 78 cornerback in the country by ESPN...Rated as a the seventh-ranked player in Michigan and 34th-ranked cornerback in the country by 247Sports...Ranked as the No. 224 overall recruit by Rivals, as well as No. 4 prospect in Michigan and No. 18 in the country among cornerbacks...Rated No. 2 in Michigan, No. 3 in the Midwest and No. 37 overall among cornerbacks by Scout...Earned four varsity letters in track & field...Received all-state honors in the 4x100 in 2015 and 2016 and in the 4x200 in 2016.
PERSONAL
Full name is Donovan Ivan Johnson...Son of Evangeline and Darryl Johnson...Has one brother, Darrell...Hobbies are football and track...Majoring in rehabilitation and human services...Born April 8, 1999 in Livonia, Michigan.