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University of Illinois Athletics

2026 Baseball Roster

20 Ryan Johnson

  • Class Sophomore
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 175
  • Hometown Cartersville, Ga.
  • High School Cartersville HS
  • Prev School Georgia Tech
  • Instagram ryanjohnson_2
  • Twitter Zip_2024

Biography

2025 - Freshman (at Georgia Tech)

  • Made five appearances in his first collegiate season.
  • Started his college career with four scoreless innings across his first three outings.
  • Recorded four strikeouts across two innings of relief work vs. Gardner-Webb (3/18/25).

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Rated as the No. 12 RHP in the state of Georgia, the 152nd overall RHP in his class, and the 46th-best recruit out of Georgia by Perfect Game.
  • Played three years of varsity baseball at Cartersville High School.
  • Led Cartersville to its first State Championship appearance since 2018.
  • Three-time First Team All-State.
  • Two-time First Team All-Region.

PERSONAL

  • Born on Nov. 15, 2005.
  • Son of Jay and Dawn Johnson.
  • Father played football at Samford.
  • Has one sister, Hannah.
  • Chose Illinois because “I loved the environment and campus I saw when I took my visit. Coach Christ, Napoleon, Courtwright, and Coach Hartleb were all great guys, and I’m excited to get to work with them.”
  • Currently an exploratory studies undeclared major.

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