David Johnson Class: Freshman Hometown: Odessa, WA High School: Odessa Height / Weight: 6-2 / 215 Position: LB Experience: 1V Age: 20

COLLEGE: Played in all 11 games last season ... Great Northwest Athletic Conference and WWU Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Humboldt State on 9/13/08, blocking punt deep in Lumberjack territory that led to touchdown ... Credited with 4 tackles ... Also returned 2 kickoffs for 18 yards and blocked 1 punt ... One letter ... Attended Western, but did not play football in 2007.

HIGH SCHOOL: First-team all-Northeast B11 League selection on offense and defense as senior at Odessa High School ... Team MVP and Defensive Player of the Year ... Credited with over 100 tackles, intercepted 3 passes ... Missed two games because of shoulder separation... Team-co-captain for second straight year ...Honorable mention all-state running back for Tigers as junior and first-team all-league both ways ... Ran for 1,500 yards... Started and lettered four years ... Also earned four letters each in basketball and baseball ... First-team all-state in basketball as senior, averaging 18.0 points and 10.0 rebounds ... First-team all-league as senior and junior and second-team as sophomore ... First-team all-league three years in baseball and second team as freshman.

PERSONAL: Plans to major in management or finance/marketing ... His sister, Sarah Johnson, was member of Western track team for two years.