Chase Johnston

Position:
Defensive End
Height:
6-3
Weight:
237
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Carl Junction, Mo.
High School:
Carl Junction

CAREER HONORS
• 2016 Second Team Academic All-Big 12

An athletic and hard-hitting player who has spent time at both linebacker and fullback during his three seasons in Manhattan... Is transitioning to defensive end while adding support on special teams.

2017: Played in all 13 games, primarily on special teams... Tied for second on the squad with six special teams tackles, including a career-high tying two against Charlotte.

2016: Played in all 13 games on both special teams and at fullback on short-yardage and goal-line situations... Made six tackles on kickoff coverage, including a season-high two at TCU... Helped the Wildcats rank sixth nationally in rushing touchdowns... A Second Team Academic All-Big 12 performer.

2015: Redshirted... Earned the program’s Overachiever Award as the top freshman in strength and conditioning.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner at Carl Junction under head coach Doug Buckmaster... Helped the Bulldogs earn an 11-1 record and reach the third round of the Missouri Class 4 playoffs in 2014... Regarded as the 39th-best inside linebacker nationally by ESPN and 47th-best by Scout, including the top middle linebacker in the state of Missouri... A First-Team All-Missouri Class 4 linebacker by the state’s coaches as well as the Missouri media association... Named to the USA TODAY Sports/American Family Insurance All-USA Missouri Team... Named the league defensive player of the year in addition to earning all-league and all-district honors... Carded 100 tackles, including 18 tackles for loss and seven sacks as a senior... Also a first team all-state honoree in the shot put and lettered three years in basketball.

PERSONAL: Andrew Chase Johnston was born September 30, 1996, in Joplin, Missouri... Son of Vince and Leigh Johnston... Has one sister, Jessica, and one brother, Kyle... Father, Vince, played wide receiver at Pittsburg State, while grandfather, Nelson Toburen, played linebacker at Wichita State and later for the 1961 and 1962 NFL Champion Green Bay Packers... Majoring in secondary education.