Jayce Johnson

Photo by: Maggie Bean

Height:
7-0
Weight:
245
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Mission Viejo, Calif.
High School:
Santa Monica HS
Prev School:
Utah

Honors and Awards:
2019-20
Hank Raymonds Sportsmanship Award
BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2019-20 Season Notes (GS): Appeared in 27 games, earning one starting assignment … Finished 13^th in the BIG EAST in rebounding (5.7 rpg.) … Concluded the year with four-straight games of 10-or-more rebounds … Missed first two games of the season with knee injury … Made Marquette debut at Wisconsin (Nov. 17) while playing five minutes ... Posted six points and seven rebounds in just 10 minutes of a 101-79 win over USC (Nov. 29) ... Grabbed 11 rebounds in the championship game of the Orlando Invitational against then-No. 5/8 Maryland (Dec. 1) … Scored season-high 11 points against DePaul (2/1) on 5-of-5 shooting from the floor … grabbed season-best 12 rebounds against Seton Hall (Feb. 29) … Earned first letter..

2018-19 Season Notes (Utah): Started in 24-of-28 appearances in 2018-19 and chipped in 7.0 points and 7.5 boards per game while shooting 58.6 percent from the floor … Appeared in 90 career games (31 starts) over the course of a trio of campaigns for the Utes, contributing 5.4 points and 5.7 rebounds per game in an average of 16.6 minutes per contest.

2017-18 Season Notes (Utah): Played in 30 games, starting one game during the 2017-18 season for the Utes ... Registered a career-high 15 points against Arizona State (1/7/18) ... Scored in double figures in three games on the year, while posting double-digit rebounding efforts twice ... Ranked second on the team with a .552 field goal shooting percentage ... Improved to shoot .630 percent from the charity stripe ... Totaled 164 points, 163 rebounds and 28 blocked shots.

2016-17 Season Notes (Utah): Played in all 32 games and started 6 games, averaging 12.3 minutes a game ... Recorded double digit rebounds in 3 games and averaged 4.3 rebounds per game ... Averaged 57% for total field goals and averaged 4 points per game ... Best game came against Oregon (2/16/17) when he tallied 14 points and 12 rebounds .. Totaled 127 points, 138 rebounds, and 20 blocks on the year.

2015-16 Season Notes (Utah): Joined the Utes in January as an early enrolled player, but sat out the semester as a redshirt freshman.

High School: Graduated from Santa Monica High School in 2016 … Was tabbed Top-100 Under Armour All-American .. Was ranked as the No. 47 overall recruit at 247sports.com, according to the Recruiting Service Consensus Index (RSCI) ... Was tabbed the No. 11-ranked center overall by ESPN ... Played AAU ball for Earl Watson Elite (Los Angeles, Calif.).

Personal: Born August 1, 1997 … Son of Jay and Venise Johnson ... Has three siblings: Jake, Jessica and Jolie .... Graduated with a degree in psychology in spring of 2019 from Utah, with a minor in health... Studies Management in the Graduate School of Management.