2022: Sun Belt Honorable Mention ... Started all 12 games at safety ... Finished second on the team and 12th in the Sun Belt with 88 tackles ... Added two sacks, four tackles for loss, an interception, pass breakup and forced fumble ... Recorded seven tackles in the season-opening win over Virginia Tech ... Registered seven tackles and his first career sack in the win over Arkansas State ... Had seven tackles and a sack against Liberty ... Notched back-to-back 10 tackle games against James Madison and App State ... Totaled nine tackles in the season finale at South Alabama.
2021: Conference USA Honorable Mention ... Played in 13 games, making 12 starts at safety ... Finished second on the team and 18th in Conference USA with 91 tackles ... Tied for the team lead with two interceptions and was third on the team with six pass breakups ... Led the team in tackles twice and had a pair of double-digit tackle games ... Had five combined tackles in the first two games, with three at Wake Forest in the season-opener and two in the win over Hampton ... Registered seven tackles apiece against Liberty and Buffalo ... Totaled nine tackles at UTEP ... Secured first career double-digit tackle game with 10 stops and notched an interception against WKU ... Led the team with seven tackles in the win at FIU ... Had nine tackles apiece against Middle Tennessee and Charlotte ... Recorded a career-high with a team-best 13 tackles in the Myrtle Beach Bowl against Tulsa.
2019: Redshirted ... Played in four games ... Had two tackles.
JUCO: Recorded 66 tackles, two interceptions and two forced fumbles during the season at Mississippi Gulf Coast … As a freshman he notched 44 tackles, five pass breakups, one tackle for loss and one interception … Earned second-team All-State honors as a senior at Stone High School.
PERSONAL: Majoring in Sport Management.
R'TARRIUN JOHNSON CAREER STATS
| Year | Games | UT | AT | TOTAL | TFL | Sacks | INT | FF | FR | PBU |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13 | 49 | 42 | 91 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 12 | 53 | 35 | 88 | 4-25 | 2-21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 29 | 104 | 77 | 181 | 4-25 | 2-21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |