De'Andre Johnson

De'Andre Johnson (born February 2, 1996) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the offensive assistant and running backs coach at Holmes Community College, a position he has held since 2024.

Johnson played college football for the Florida Atlantic Owls and the Texas Southern Tigers, as well as junior college football for the East Mississippi Lions. He played two seasons in the United States Football League (USFL) with the New Jersey Generals.

Early life Johnson grew up in Jacksonville, Florida and attended First Coast High School. As a senior, he completed 215 of 328 pass attempts for 3,710 yards and 47 touchdowns while rushing for 398 yards and nine touchdowns and was named the Class 8A Player of the Year and Florida's "Mr. Football". Johnson committed to play college football at Florida State during the summer before his sophomore year over offers from Clemson and Florida.

College career Johnson began his collegiate career at Florida State University to play for the Florida State Seminoles, and joined the team as an early enrollee. During the summer before his freshman season, he was charged with misdemeanor battery for punching a woman during an argument. Johnson was ultimately dismissed from the team on July 6, 2015.

Following his dismissal, Johnson enrolled at East Mississippi Community College. While at East Mississippi, he was featured in the second season of the Netflix documentary series Last Chance U, where he played under head coach Buddy Stephens. In his only season with the Lions, Johnson passed for 2,646 yards and 26 touchdowns. He committed to transfer to Florida Atlantic University to continue his college football career.

In his first season with the Florida Atlantic Owls, Johnson completed 2 of 3 pass attempts for five yards with one interception and rushed four times for 31 yards in the team's season opener against the Navy Midshipmen. Several hours after the game, he was hospitalized due to blood clots in his arm and missed the remainder of his redshirt sophomore season. After his redshirt junior season, Johnson announced that he would be transferring to Texas Southern University as a graduate student. In his only season with the Texas Southern Tigers, he completed 132 of 215 pass attempts for 1,575 yards with nine touchdowns and three interceptions.

College statistics Year Team Games Passing Rushing 2016 East Mississippi CC 11 11 212 350 60.6 2,646 7.6 26 6 145.2 138 834 6.0 5 2017 Florida Atlantic 4 0 2 3 66.7 5 1.7 0 1 14.0 4 31 7.8 0 2018 Florida Atlantic 8 0 13 23 56.5 161 7.0 2 1 135.3 8 35 5.1 1 2019 Texas Southern 10 8 132 215 60.0 1,575 7.6 9 3 132.5 111 187 1.68 3 Career 33 21 352 591 243.8 4,387 23.9 37 11 427.0 261 1,087 20.58 9

Professional career Johnson went unselected in the 2020 NFL draft. In 2021, he played in The Spring League for the Sea Lions and passed for 574 yards with 5 touchdowns and 7 interceptions over six games.

Johnson was selected in the 12th round of the 2022 USFL draft by the New Jersey Generals. Johnson became a free agent after the 2023 season.

Statistics +USFL statistics Year Team Games Passing Rushing 2022 NJ 9 4 54 75 72.0 772 10.3 2 2 102.8 64 310 4.8 4 2023 NJ 8 7 73 128 57.0 940 7.3 4 2 84.1 56 361 6.4 2

Coaching career On August 21, 2024, Johnson was named as the offensive assistant and running backs coach at Holmes Community College.