Former Georgia St. Safety JJ Johnson Signs NLI to Play for NC State

Today is National Signing Day for the 2025 Football Recruiting Class. Back on December 6th, NC State signed 17 players on the Early National Signing Day.

Former Georgia State Safety JJ Johnson (5’11″/192) signed his National Letter of Intent to play football for NC State today. He announced he was transferring to run with the Wolfpack on January 10th after taking an Official Visit to Raleigh.NC State offered on January 7th.

Welcome to Raleigh, JJ! pic.twitter.com/0xIAtEp6wd

— NC State Football (@PackFootball) February 5, 2025

Johnson was a 3-Star prospect in the Transfer Portal this offseason.

He has played the past three seasons with the Panthers, starting every game the past two years. This year, Johnson had 69 tackles and 6 pass breakups, with a PFF grade of 70.9. College Football Network named him to their All-Sun Belt Third team in 2024. In 2023, he earned All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention after tallying 61 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, 2 pass breakups and 2 fumble recoveries.

Johnson started his career in the JUCO ranks, playing 2 seasons at Mississippi Delta Community College.

Despite the fact that he has played 5 seasons of college football, he has 1 year of eligibility remaining, as well as a redshirt year if needed. First, the 2020 season was the Covid-19 season, so it didn’t count against his eligibility. Secondly, due to the recent legal ruling between the courts and the NCAA, all players that ran out of eligibility this athletic year that played previously at a Junior College, were granted an additional year in 2025-26.

After entering the Portal, Johnson also picked up offers from Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt and Memphis. He took Official Visits to Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech as well.