2015 Football Roster
Sep 12 (Fri)
5:30 PM
Colin Johnson
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Saratoga, Calif.
- High School:
- Mountain View St. Francis
AT COLORADO: 2015 (Jr./Sr.)—He saw action in all 13 games on special teams, and in a few late on offense but did not have any offensive statistics. He was the first-team holder for all placement kicks, handling all 65 to perfection (36 point after touchdown, 29 field goal). He also added a tackle on special teams. He had two years of eligibility remaining, but decided to forego the second and play as a senior. He caught four passes for 29 yards and one touchdown in the four main spring scrimmages.
2014 (Soph.)—He did not see any action, but did dress for two games (UCLA, Arizona). He caught one pass for 14 yards in the four main spring scrimmages.
2013 (Fr.-RS)—He did not see any action; he had sat out most of spring practice, other than seeing some limited action, as he completed rehabilitation following knee surgery. He was 100 percent for fall drills.
2012 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he joined the team as a walk-on after the first game, but was injured in practice on October 30, suffering a severe knee sprain (ACL). He would have surgery to repair the knee on November 26.
HIGH SCHOOL— As a senior, he earned first-team All-West Catholic Athletic League honors and was an honorable mention Central Coast Section performer. A four-year team captain, he completed 81-of-134 passes (60.4 percent) for 1,257 yards, with 15 touchdowns and just two interceptions in his only season as a starter at quarterback. He also ran for 179 yards and a touchdown. Top games: in a 35-21 win over Willow Glen, he completed 8-of-11 passes for 233 yards and three touchdowns; and in a 38-35 win over St. Ignatius, he was 10-of-14 for 177 yards and four TDs (which tied the school record). As a junior, he was the backup quarterback and saw sporadic action on both offense and as a safety on defense. Under coach Nick Navarro, St. Francis was 6-6 his senior year and 6-4-1 his junior season. He also lettered twice in baseball as a middle infielder (second base/shortstop), St. Francis posting a 55-12-1 record in that time frame, spending time each season ranked nationally in the top six, including a No. 1 ranking on several occasions his junior year; SFHS won the WCAL title both those seasons. As a freshman, he led all players on the freshman team with a .612 batting average.
ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Business (Finance) at Colorado (and was on schedule to graduate in May 2016). He earned his way on to the High Academic Honors list at St. Francis his freshman through senior years, and was very active there in student government (including publicity for the Associated Student Body).
PERSONAL—He was born October 4, 1993 in Los Gatos, Calif. His hobbies include most aspects of music, as he is an accomplished piano player, and spending tie with friends and family, especially his younger brother (Ryan) and sister (Kelsey). He has helped coach and teach football to young kids and has aspirations of becoming a high school coach one day, preferably for his alma mater. (First name in pronounced coll-in.)
