Furman University

Honors & Awards
2023 Team Co-Captain
2023 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2022 AFCA All-America (2nd Team)
2022 All-Southern Conference (1st Team - Coaches)
2022 All-Southern Conference (1st Team - Media)
2022 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2022 Southern Conference All-Academic Team
2022 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2021 Southern Conference All-Academic Team
2020 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2020 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team

2023 — Elected by his teammates as a co-captain...ranked by Hero Sports’ Sam Herder as the No. 9 offensive lineman in the FCS.

2022 — AFCA 2nd Team All-America and consensus first team All-Southern Conference selection who headlined the offensive line with starts at left guard in all 13 games... was joined as a first team All-SoCon selection by tackles Anderson Tomlin and Pearson Toomey, giving Furman three first team all-conference offensive linemen — a first for the program since 2005...played a pivotal role in Furman’s 10-3 season that featured a stretch of seven consecutive wins and an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs, where the Paladins claimed a 31-6 first round home win over Elon...10 wins represented the most by Furman since 2005...team finished a consensus 10th in final AFCA and Stats Perform Polls...logged 903 play participations and helped front one of the FCS’s most effective ground attacks that averaged 212.8 yards per game while producing a 1,120-yard, 10-touchdown campaign by All-SoCon running back Dominic Roberto...named to the SoCon All-Academic Team and SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2022-23 school year.

2021 — Earning playing time in all 11 games and made 10 starts —all at left guard...lone non-start was versus N.C. State...logged 663 snaps...totaled a season high 77 snaps in two games: 29-18 win over 24th-ranked North Carolina A&T and Western Carolina... named to the SoCon All-Academic Team and SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2021-22 school year.

2020 — Saw action in six of Furman’s seven games (spring of ‘21), earning starts in all six, including four at left guard and two at right guard...did not play in season opener versus Western Carolina (35-7 win)...logged 408 play participations, including a season high 88 snaps versus Mercer (44-37 OT win)...named to the SoCon All-Freshman Team in balloting by coaches...selected to SoCon All-Academic Team and SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2020-21 school year.

2019 — Saw his first action, appearing in two games and making his first career start...totaled 28 plays in the start in the Paladins’ regular season finale against Point (64-7 win)...logged 28 plays in FCS first round playoff game versus Austin Peay...awarded redshirt and extra year of eligibility...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2019-20 school year.

High School: 2019 graduate of St. Joseph’s Catholic School, where he was a teammate of Paladin wide receiver Luke Bynum...football coach was Jon Wheeler...played offensive tackle and defensive end...served as team captain his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons...two-time all-region selection and Region I-AA Player of the Year in 2018...selected to play in the South Carolina North-South All-Star Game, where he started both ways and registered a game high seven tackles for the North squad...also played lacrosse and competed in track & field at St. Joseph’s.

Personal: Full name is Jacob Karl Johanning...born December 2, 2000, in Springfield, Massachusetts...son of Catherine and Michael Johanning...has three brothers — David, Gunnar, and Benjamin — and a sister, Samantha...father played football at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater...business administration major.