Troy University Athletics
2021 Football Roster
Roster
Johnson, Tez

Jersey Number 15
Tez Johnson
- Position:
- WR
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 160
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Pinson, Ala.
- High School:
- Pinson Valley HS
Bio
2021 All-Sun Belt (Third Team)
2021 (Freshman): Named to the All-Sun Belt Third Team … Finished second in the league with 67 catches on the year and led all Sun Belt receivers (min. 80 targets) with a 72.0 reception percentage as he caught 67-of-93 targets … Had a breakout game at Southern Miss with 10 catches for 105 yards … Reception total tied for the eighth-most in a season in Troy history … Caught five or more passes in 7-of-12 games … Nine receptions for 81 yards and a touchdown at Texas State … Had a 31-yard rushing touchdown against South Alabama … Lined up in the slot on 91.2 percent of his offensive snaps … Led the Sun Belt averaging 7.5 yards after catch per reception … Returned eight punts for a 7.88 per return average
2020 (Freshman): Played in all 11 games … Caught 18 passes for 211 yards; his 11.7 yards-per-catch average ranked fourth on the team … Averaged 4.7 yards on nine punt returns … Caught a season-high three passes for 63 yards against Middle Tennessee – 58 yards came on one reception … Also had three catches in Troy’s win at Arkansas State … Finished with multiple catches in six different games
High School: Helped lead Pinson Valley to the Alabama 6A semifinals as a senior and the Alabama 6A State Championship as a junior …As a senior, caught 62 passes for 1,140 yards and 12 touchdowns in nine games … Selected to play in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game … Rated as one of the top 65 players in the state of Alabama and a three-star recruit by 247Sports … Listed as a top 40 player in the state and top 150 receiver in the country plus a three-star recruit by ESPN … Caught 106 passes for 1,457 yards and 10 touchdowns as a junior and was named to the Alabama Sports Writers Association 6A All-State First Team – played with Oregon quarterback Bo Nix … Caught 17 passes for 247 yards and three touchdowns against Clay-Chalkville as a junior – 17 catches rank as the eighth most in a game in AHSAA history while 247 yards rank as the 22nd most … Named Offensive MVP at The Opening Regionals in Nashville
Personal: Son of Shamika Posey and stepfather John Posey and Krista and Patrick Nix … Has four brothers, Tae, Keywone, Bo and Caleb, and three sisters, Keynila, Emma Grace and Sara … Born May 18, 2002 ... Major is undecided
2021 (Freshman): Named to the All-Sun Belt Third Team … Finished second in the league with 67 catches on the year and led all Sun Belt receivers (min. 80 targets) with a 72.0 reception percentage as he caught 67-of-93 targets … Had a breakout game at Southern Miss with 10 catches for 105 yards … Reception total tied for the eighth-most in a season in Troy history … Caught five or more passes in 7-of-12 games … Nine receptions for 81 yards and a touchdown at Texas State … Had a 31-yard rushing touchdown against South Alabama … Lined up in the slot on 91.2 percent of his offensive snaps … Led the Sun Belt averaging 7.5 yards after catch per reception … Returned eight punts for a 7.88 per return average
2020 (Freshman): Played in all 11 games … Caught 18 passes for 211 yards; his 11.7 yards-per-catch average ranked fourth on the team … Averaged 4.7 yards on nine punt returns … Caught a season-high three passes for 63 yards against Middle Tennessee – 58 yards came on one reception … Also had three catches in Troy’s win at Arkansas State … Finished with multiple catches in six different games
High School: Helped lead Pinson Valley to the Alabama 6A semifinals as a senior and the Alabama 6A State Championship as a junior …As a senior, caught 62 passes for 1,140 yards and 12 touchdowns in nine games … Selected to play in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game … Rated as one of the top 65 players in the state of Alabama and a three-star recruit by 247Sports … Listed as a top 40 player in the state and top 150 receiver in the country plus a three-star recruit by ESPN … Caught 106 passes for 1,457 yards and 10 touchdowns as a junior and was named to the Alabama Sports Writers Association 6A All-State First Team – played with Oregon quarterback Bo Nix … Caught 17 passes for 247 yards and three touchdowns against Clay-Chalkville as a junior – 17 catches rank as the eighth most in a game in AHSAA history while 247 yards rank as the 22nd most … Named Offensive MVP at The Opening Regionals in Nashville
Personal: Son of Shamika Posey and stepfather John Posey and Krista and Patrick Nix … Has four brothers, Tae, Keywone, Bo and Caleb, and three sisters, Keynila, Emma Grace and Sara … Born May 18, 2002 ... Major is undecided
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