Army West Point Athletics
2023 Football Roster
Roster
Markel Johnson
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Allenhurst, Ga.
- High School:
- Liberty County (USMAPS)
2023: vs. Delaware State (9/9): Rushed for 35 yards on six carries... at UTSA (9/15): Caught two passes for 41 yards and added six carries for 14 yards. Completed a 55-yard pass to Isaiah Alston when taking a lateral screen from Daily before going deep down the right sideline to Alston... at Syracuse (9/23): Started, rushing eight times for 16 yards... vs. Holy Cross (11/11): Rushed twice for 21 yards.
2022: Played in eight games, rushing for 211 yards on 33 carries (6.4 avg.) with two touchdowns…vs. Colgate (10/15): Rushed nine times for 76 yards and scored his first career TD, on a 24-yard run...at UMass (11/26): Ran 10 times for 67 yards...vs. Navy (12/10): Ran six times for 40 yards and a touchdown…His touchdown came on the first play of overtime for Army to take a 17-10 lead over the Mids, in the first-ever overtime game in the Army-Navy series.
2021: Did not see action.
Prior to West Point/Personal: Starred at Liberty County High School, rushing for 804 yards and 11 touchdowns…Spent the 2020 season at USMAPS…Majoring in Systems and Decision Science.
