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2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 45
Keon Johnson
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 186
- Hometown:
- Shelbyville, Tenn.
- High School:
- The Webb School
- Prev School:
- The Webb School
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
- Points: 27 // vs. Kentucky, 2/6/21
- Rebounds: 9 // vs. Alabama, 3/13/21
- Assists: 6 // vs. Florida, 3/12/21
- Steals: 4 // vs. Appalachian State, 12/15/20
- Blocks: 2 (3x) // last at Vanderbilt, 2/24/21
- Field Goals: 9 (2x) // last at Auburn, 2/27/21
- 3-Pointers: 2 (2x) // last at LSU, 2/13/21
- Free Throws: 9 // vs. Kentucky, 2/6/21
- Minutes: 36:18 // at Auburn, 2/27/21
HONORS
- 2021 SEC All-Freshman Team
- SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 8, 2021)
PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL
- NBA Bio Page
- Logged career-best averages of 10.6 points and 3.8 rebounds, to go along with 2.2 assists per game in 79 appearances—56 starts— for the Nets.
- Signed a standard multiyear contract to return to the Brooklyn Nets on July 21, 2024.
- During the 2024 NBA Summer League, averaged 16.0 points, 5.2 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game for the Nets.
- In 2023-24, averaged 6.2 points and 1.4 rebounds per game across five appearances for the Brooklyn Nets. In 26 NBA G League appearances with the Long Island Nets, tallied 18.2 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists per contest.
- Saw action in 40 games with the Trail Blazers in 2022-23, averaging 4.7 points and 1.5 assists while shooting .346 from 3-point range in 10.4 minutes per game.
- In 37 games played as a rookie, Johnson averaged 7.2 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.
- Appeared in 15 games with the Los Angeles Clippers as a rookie in 2021-22 before being traded to Portland on Feb. 4, 2022, and seeing action in 22 games with the Trail Blazers.
- Selected by the New York Knicks with the 21st overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, and his rights were immediately acquired by the Los Angeles Clippers via a draft-night trade.
- During the 2021 NBA Draft Combine, Johnson set the event's all-time record in the max vertical jump with a leap of 48 inches, shattering the previous record of 45.5 inches set in 2001.
2020-21 - FRESHMAN
- Game-by-Game Statistics
- Announced on April 7, 2021, that he was entering the 2021 NBA Draft.
- SEC All-Freshman Team selection appeared in all 27 games and led the Volunteers in field goals made (111) and attempted (247).
- Started 17 games and was the first Vol off the bench nine times.
- Was Tennessee's second-leading scorer overall (11.3 ppg) and in SEC play (12.1 ppg).
- Shot .449 overall and increased his field-goal percentage to .453 during conference play.
- Ranked third on the team in assists (2.5 apg), steals (1.1 spg) and minutes played (25.4 mpg) while also ranking fourth in blocks.
- Scored in double figures 15 times and logged three 20-point performances.
- Led the Vols in scoring six times, assists seven times, steals six times, rebounding three times and blocks three times.
- Got to the free-throw line with regularity, attempting a team-high 101 free throws, including a team-high 35 in the final four minutes of games.
- A physical defender who plays with no fear, he led the team in both charges drawn (11) and floor burns/diving efforts (14).
- His 16 dunks were second-most on the team.
- Scored a team-high 14 points in Tennessee's first-round NCAA Tournament game against Oregon State (3/19/21).
- In Tennessee's two SEC Tournament games in Nashville, Johnson played 66 of the team's 80 minutes and totaled 33 points (16.5 ppg), 18 rebounds (9.0 ppg), seven assists (3.5 apg) and three steals (1.5 spg).
- Dropped a team-high 20 points and pulled in a season-high nine rebounds while adding two steals and a block in the SEC Tournament semifinal against Alabama (3/13/21).
- Poured in a team-high 23 points with three rebounds, one assist and a steal while playing a season-high 37 minutes at Auburn (2/27/21).
- Scored 12 points, brought in four rebounds and recorded two steals against LSU (2/13/21).
- Put together a stellar performance in the Vols' victory at Kentucky (2/6/21), scoring a season-high 27 points (17 of which came in the second half) on 9-of-16 shooting, while knocking down 9-of-11 attempts from the foul line, pulling in four rebounds, dishing out three assists and adding one block and a steal.
- Was extremely active on the defensive end against Mississippi State (1/26/21), blocking two shots and recording three steals; he added eight points, knocking down multiple late baskets and logging a momentum-shifting and-1.
- Totaled 16 points and three assists in UT's home victory over Vanderbilt (1/16/21).
- Earned his first career start and scored 14 points while knocking down six clutch free-throw attempts in the final two minutes to help push the Vols past Arkansas (1/6/21)
- Scored 12 points and pulled down eight rebounds against Alabama (1/2/21).
- Logged 12 points, five assists, three steals and two blocks in Tennessee's victory over Saint Joseph's (12/21/20).
- Posted his first career double-digit scoring output in UT's victory over Tennessee Tech (12/18/20), pouring in 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting.
- Was extremely active on the defensive end in UT's 79-38 victory over Appalachian State (12/15/20), finishing the night with four steals; he also scored six points and dished out three assists.
- Scored seven points in the home victory over Cincinnati (12/12/20) and was huge on the glass, bringing down six rebounds.
- Was one of the first Vols off the bench in his collegiate debut and finished with four points and a steal in 13 minutes of action during UT's season-opening win over Colorado (12/8/20).
HIGH SCHOOL
- Graduated from The Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, where he was coached by Jeff Mitchell.
- An explosive shooting guard, he was rated as the No. 1 overall prospect in the state of Tennessee.
- Was rated as a top-30 prospect nationally (Rivals No. 16, 247Sports No. 22, ESPN No. 26).
- Named to the 25-man 2020 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Boys High School Midseason Team, qualifying him as a finalist for the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s Naismith High School Boys Player of the Year Award.
- His senior season was cut short when he suffered a knee injury in December of 2019, and he did not appear in the required number of games to qualify as a McDonald’s All-American.
- Won back-to-back Tennessee Division II-A “Mr. Basketball” awards as a sophomore and junior.
- As a junior in 2018-19, he led The Webb School to the TSSAA Div. II-A state semifinals and a 29-7 record while averaging 24.6 points, 8.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 3.0 steals and 2.4 blocks per game.
- His stock rose dramatically following stellar play at the 2018 Rocky Top Classic AAU tournament, during which he starred for the Elite Amateur Basketball (EAB) program; Tennessee basketball VFL Mark Griffin (1984-89) served as an EAB assistant coach.
- During the summer of 2019, Johnson averaged 21.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game and shot an impressive .490 from the field in seven games during the 2019 Adidas Gauntlet.
- He was also named MVP of USA Basketball’s annual summer mini-camp in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in July 2019, where he competed against many of the best high school basketball players from across the country.
PERSONAL
- Full name is Christopher Keon Johnson
- Born March 10, 2002, in Shelbyville, Tennessee
- Son of Conswella and Keith Johnson
- His mother (then Conswella Sparrow) was a two-time All-SEC women’s basketball player at Auburn.
- Academic Major: Forestry Wildlife/Fisheries
- Lists fishing among his favorite hobbies
- Also played baseball when he was a child
- Recipient of the Larry Pratt Athletic Scholarship Endowment
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