Missouri State

2021
Saw action in a pair of games in 2021 as a second-year Bear ... Completed his only pass attempt of the season after coming in for one play at Oklahoma State (9/4/21) in the season opener ... Also got into the North Dakota game (10/30/21) as an offensive reserve ... Was on the dress / travel squad for all 12 games.

2020-21
Played in 8 games with 6 starts as a redshirt freshman while earning team co-captain designation ... Ranked 5th in the MVFC in completion percentage (.530), pass efficiency (.996), passing yards per completion (10.71), and completions per game (12.0) and 6th among Valley passers in passing yards per game (128.5), total offense (142.4) and yards per pass attempt (5.68) ... Finished season with 1,028 passing yards, which ranked 4th in the MVFC and 37th nationally, on 96-of-181 attempts with 3 touchdowns ... In league games, he averaged 154.8 passing yards, 186.5 total offensive yards and posted a 128.9 pass efficiency, all of which ranked in the top 8 ... Engineered MSU comeback win over Youngstown State (4/10/21) at home, coming off the bench to produce three straight unanswered scoring drives in the second and third quarters with season-high 56 rushing yards and 73 passing yards (6-of-12) with a pair of TD passes ... Scored his only rushing TD of the season in NCAA FCS Playoff game at North Dakota (4/24/21) ... Passed for season-high 278 yards on 18-of-28 passes with a touchdown (317 yards in total offense) in road win at Western Illinois (2/27/21) in MVFC opener ... Also racked up 249 yards in fall game at UCA (2/26/20) on 25-of-44 passes -- season highs in completions and attempts ... Rushed for 44 yards on 8 carries in win at South Dakota (3/13/21) and was 16-for-25 passing until leaving game with an injury.

Southern Miss
Redshirted during the 2019 season at Southern Miss as a true freshman for coach Jay Hopson.
 
High School
Rated as the No. 20 pro-style quarterback in the nation by 247sports.com his senior year at Kirby High School in Memphis, Tenn. … Also rated as a four-star prospect by ESPN and a three-star standout from Rivals and 247sports … Also earned acclaim as the No. 18 prospect in his home state of Tennessee … Led coach Chester Flowers' Kirby High School offense that averaged 43.1 points per game in 2018 at the Class 5A level … Cougars finished 11-2 overall and made their first state quarterfinal appearance since 1998 … Averaged 199.1 yards of total offense per game for Kirby and accounted for 19 touchdowns … Was a Commercial Appeal All-Metro Team selection in 2018 and earned a spot in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl High School All-Star Game … In addition to scholarship offers from Louisville and Southern Miss out of high school, Johnson also received offers from Georgia, Indiana and Memphis.
 
Personal
Jaden Johnson was born 7/22/01 in Macon, Ga. … Son of JoAnn Johnson of Memphis, Tenn. … Has a brother, Junious … Majoring in Psychology.