Daniel Johnson (offensive lineman)
Daniel Johnson is a Kenyan-Canadian professional gridiron football offensive lineman for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He played college football at Kent State and Purdue.
Early life
Daniel Johnson was born on September 1, 1999, in a refugee camp in Nairobi, Kenya. Johnson and some of his family moved to London, Ontario, when he was one year old. Johnson later said "I still have family back home struggling and it’s great that my family and a couple of my cousins got to come over here and live a different life than my parents did." He played high school football at Catholic Central High School in London, Ontario. As a senior in 2017, he helped the team win the London City Championship while earning Canada First Team Defense honors. Canadian Football Chat ranked him the No. 9 prospect in the class of 2018.College career
Johnson first played college football for the Kent State Golden Flashes of Kent State University as an offensive lineman. He played in one game in 2018 before being redshirted. He played in seven games, starting four, in 2019. Johnson started three games during the [2020 Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue Boilermakers football team|COVID-19 shortened 2020 season]. He appeared in four games, starting three, in 2021.In 2022, Johnson transferred to play for the Purdue Boilermakers of Purdue University. He played in five games, starting two, during both the 2023 and 2024 seasons. He suffered a torn ACL during his redshirt senior year. Johnson earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the 2024 season. He majored in education at Purdue.