2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

5 Ty-Laur Johnson

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 155
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • High School Our Savior Lutheran School
  • Prev School Louisville / Wake Forest

Biography

SOPHOMORE (2024-25 - WAKE FOREST)
  • Comes to USD with 436 career points, 184 assists, 81 steals in two seasons
  • Appeared in 29 games with 19 starts – the final 19 games – in his lone season as a Demon Deacon 
  • Recorded 6.1 points per game along with 79 assists (2.7/g) and 43 steals (1.5/g), 83.1% from the free throw line
  • 34 steals during ACC play were the fifth-most of any conference player
  • Ranked tied for fifth in steals per game (1.7) in ACC play alongside teammate Cameron Hildreth 
  • Reached a double-digit point total five times, including a season-high 16 against Pitt (Feb. 1) ... 20% usage rate was third on the team
  • Matched his career-high for rebounds with six in both victories against Stanford
  • Collected three or more steals seven times, including four against both Cal (Feb. 8) and Notre Dame (March 1)
  • Had two-plus assists in 16 of 19 starts, including five-plus five times, a high of eight against Duke (Jan. 25) ... Demon Deacons were 9-1 when Johnson had four-plus assists
FRESHMAN (2023-24 - LOUISVILLE)
  • 2023-24 All-ACC Academic Team
  • Appeared in 30 games for the Cardinals, while making eight starts
  • Led the team in both assists (3.6/g) and steals (1.4/g)
  • Averaged 8.7 points per game and recorded double-figures in points on 12 separate occasions
  • Had 10 performances of five-plus assists
  • Exploded for career highs of 27 points and 11 assists, in addition to six rebounds on 9-of-15 shooting in 38 minutes off the bench in a win over Florida State, earning ACC Rookie of the Week ... was one of four Cardinal freshmen to ever achieve such a stat line
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Competed at Our Savior Lutheran in the Overtime Elite League for his senior season, averaging 18.4 points, 5.7 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 2.5 steals per outing
  • Played for St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, New Jersey during his junior year
  • Also was placed on the MaxPreps 2021-22 Junior All-America Honorable Mention after leading the Gray Bees to a 25-1 record that put them sixth nationally
  • Named the 2022 NJ Prep Player of the Year after averaging 26 points, six assists, six rebounds and four steals while shooting 38% from 3-point range
  • Was a three-year captain for his teams
  • A four-star prospect after his senior season, was tabbed by ESPN as the No. 93 player in his class, 3rd-best 2023 prospect in New York state by 247Sports and No. 85 nationally, the 18th-best point guard according to Rivals
PERSONAL
  • Son of Raumel and Tiffany Johnson, has two older brothers, Ty and Quan
  • Chose USD because "it was the best fit for me and the coaches believe in me"
  • Favorite thing to do in San Diego is admire the great views
  • Majoring in Communication
  • Favorite food is chicken pasta
  • Says that he's really funny once you get to know him 

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