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GarrettJohnson
- height 5-11
- Weight 175
- class Senior
- Hometown Winter Garden, Fla.
- High school West Orange
2016 – Junior
- Led the team in receptions with 39 for 585 yards
- Also led the team in 2015 with 694 receiving yards, collecting 46 catches for two touchdowns, including a long of 39
- Has caught a pass in 11 straight games
- Has 107 career receptions for 1,550 yards, ranking him 8th on UK’s career receiving yards list … Needs 111 more to tie Randall Cobb at No. 7 (1,661)
- First player in school history with four games of at least 140 receiving yards
- Became the 15th player in Kentucky history with at least 100 receptions in his career
- Became the 13th player to reach 1,000 career receiving yards within his first 25 games played at Kentucky, the first to accomplish that feat since Javess Blue in 2014
- Has five career 100-yard receiving games
- Caught five passes for a career-high 164 yards and career-high-tying two touchdowns in the win over No. 11 Louisville
- On UK’s first offensive play, he caught a 75-yard touchdown bomb, the longest catch of his career
- Also had a 63-yard TD bomb in the second quarter, giving him 11 career catches of 40-plus yards
- Opened the season with six catches for 143 receiving yards vs. Southern Miss, the second-most in a season opener in school history
2015 – Sophomore
- Led the team with 694 receiving yards, collecting 46 catches for two touchdowns, including a long of 39
- Played in all 12 games with 11 starts, averaging 57.8 receiving yards per game
- Of his 46 catches, 30 came as first-down grabs or touchdowns, a team high
- Had two 100-yard games, a 119-yard, six-catch outing vs. No. 23 Missouri and a nine-catch, 160-yard performance vs. Auburn
- Had a catch in all 12 games, with at least three catches in eight outings
2014 – Freshman
- Led UK’s frosh receivers in catches and yardage
- Totaled 22 catches for 271 yards and two touchdowns
- Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors at Florida when he had six catches for 154 yards, including TD plays of 60 and 33 yards
- The 154 yards is a UK freshman record
- First UK freshman to have two scoring catches in a game since Randall Cobb in 2008
High School
- First-team all-state as a senior by The Associated Press
- Ended senior season with 59 receptions for 1,421 yards and 24 touchdowns
- A three-star recruit by Rivals, 247Sports.com, Scout and ESPN
- Rivals ranked him the 96th-best player in the state of Florida and the 99th-best wide receiver in the nation
- ESPN rated him the 84th-best prospect in Florida and 64th-best wide receiver in the nation
- Great sophomore season with 58 receptions for 1,014 yards and 11 touchdowns and followed that with 49 receptions his junior season for 685 yards and seven touchdowns
- Also rushed some in high school with nearly 500 yards rushing and seven rushing touchdowns
- Named all-area his senior year by the Orlando Sentinel
- Coached by Bob Head
- Picked Kentucky after offers from Arizona, Boston College, Florida, Georgia Tech, Iowa State, Northwestern, South Florida and Vanderbilt
Personal
- Born in Winter Garden, Fla.
- Son of Mary Coates
- Major is communications
Community Cats
- Volunteer at Dixie Elementary Field Day (2016)
- Read books to students at Maxwell Elementary for Black History Month (2016)
- Stayed after practice to spend time with the Special Olympics (2015)
Juice Says
- His nickname is “Juice”
- Other than playing in the NFL, his dream job is to own a business and create his own brand
- One word to describe him on the field is “happy”
- His favorite meal is chicken, mac and cheese, baked beans and green beans
- His favorite movie is Hardball