Theo Johnson

As a rookie in 2024, played in 12 games with 11 starts…Totaled 29 receptions for 331 yards and 1 touchdown…Johnson's 331 receiving yards were the 5th-most by a rookie tight end in franchise history…Scored his first career touchdown on a season-long 35-yard reception vs. Washington (11/3/24)…Gained a season-best 54 yards vs. the Cowboys, but suffered a foot injury that forced him to go on injured reserve for the remainder of the season

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• As a rookie in 2024, played in 12 games with 11 starts…Totaled 29 receptions for 331 yards and 1 touchdown…Johnson's 331 receiving yards were the 5th-most by a rookie tight end in franchise history…Scored his first career touchdown on a season-long 35-yard reception vs. Washington (11/3/24)…Gained a season-best 54 yards vs. the Cowboys, but suffered a foot injury that forced him to go on injured reserve for the remainder of the season.

COLLEGE

• Played in 45 games with 29 starts in four seasons at Penn State...Caught 77 passes for 938 yards (12.2-yard avg.) and 12 touchdowns.
• In 2023, started all 13 games and posted career-high totals of 34 receptions, 341 yards, and a team-high-tying 7 touchdowns, and was selected honorable mention All-Big Ten….The 7 touchdown receptions tied for 3rd in a single season among Penn State tight ends…Team captain…Voted honorable mentioned All-Big Ten honorable by the coaches and media...Won Penn State's Iron Lion Award...Earned the team's Lion's Pride Outstanding Senior Player Award along with Curtis Jacobs and Caedan Wallace...Finished tied for 3rd in the nation among tight ends, along with Tyler Warren, with 7 touchdown receptions.
• In 2022, played in 11 games with nine starts…Caught 20 passes for 328 yards and 4 touchdowns.
• In 2021, played in 13 games with 6 starts…Had 19 receptions for 213 yards and one touchdown, with a long catch of 37 yards.

OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY

• Joined staff members from Citizens to plant cherry trees and clean graffiti at Branch Brook Park in Newark…Continued the annual rookie Thanksgiving tradition at Eva's Village to prepare and serve lunch for the community members of Eva's Village in Paterson, N.J.… Represented My Sister's Place during Week 13 of the NFL season for My Cause My Cleats… After the team practice in Germany prior to the Sunday game, met with the 120 students that participated in the NFL Flag clinic… Met with members from the Wounded Warriors Project during their visit to the Quest Diagnostics Training Center to watch practice and enjoy a day with the Giants… Joined Project Kind, an organization to support those experiencing homelessness, to host an event with 125 people from the organization for a day of haircuts, spa treatments and lunch at MetLife stadium… Hosted the boys from the Far Rockaway and Harlem Giants that were graduating middle school for a day at the training facility filled with character building activities, lunch in the team cafeteria and different games in the field house… To celebrate Halloween, dressed in costume to visit patients and distribute giftbags at Hackensack University Medical Center's Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital.

PERSONAL

• Psychology major…Two-year letterman at Holy Names High School in Windsor, Ontario, Canada…Team captain as a senior...Helped the Knights win 3 conference titles…Guided Holy Names to the SWOSSAA and OFSAA titles as a junior and senior...Selected to the Under Armour All-American Game...Earned first-team all-city honors in 2018 and 2019...Was the team MVP as a junior and senior.
• Full name is Theodore Joseph Johnson...Son of Amy Johnson...Is the 3rd-oldest of six brothers (Dominic, Nathan, Levi, Michael and Keon)...Brother, Dominic, played football at the University of Buffalo.

MAIN TRANSACTIONS

• Originally a 4th-round (107^th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2024.