Oklahoma State University Athletics
2025 Cowboy Football Roster
Roster
JK Johnson
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- St. Louis, MO
- High School:
- De Smet Jesuit
An FBS transfer who saw extensive playing time for both LSU and Ohio State … Injured during training camp and missed the entire 2023 season … Returned to full strength in 2024 ... Arrived in Stillwater in the spring of 2025.
2024 (Junior at LSU): Appeared in 10 games, seeing action as a backup in the secondary and on special teams … Tallied three tackles, with two coming in road win over South Carolina … Other tackle came the following week in the win against UCLA.
2023 (Sophomore at LSU): Injured during training camp and missed all of 2023.
2022 (Freshman at Ohio State): Appeared in 13 games, starting five times at cornerback … Starts came against Wisconsin, Rutgers, Iowa, Penn State, and Northwestern … Recorded 20 tackles, 16 of them being solo stops … Had career-best five tackles in the win over Northwestern … Had 4 tackles in September win over Wisconsin.
2021 (Redshirt at Ohio State): Made two appearances with no starts … Saw action against Minnesota and Akron … Had one tackle in each of those games … Redshirted after a shoulder injury sidelined him for most of the season.
High School: Played for coach Robert Steeples at De Smet in St. Louis … Rated a four-star recruit by every major recruiting organization … Ranked the No. 1 player in the St. Louis Post Dispatch Super 30 preseason countdown and the consensus top-ranked player in the state of Missouri for the Class of 2021 … Ranked Top 50 nationally … Had breakout season as a junior in 2020, recording 42 tackles and seven interceptions, including a pair in the 6A state title game against Joplin … Had 27 tackles and two interceptions as a sophomore … Also competed in the 200 meters, the 4×100 and 4×200 relay in track.
Personal: Name is Jakailin Johnson but goes by JK.
