Keon Johnson

BIOGRAPHY

Keon Johnson was born on  March 10, 2002, in Shelbyville, Tennessee. He is a guard in the NBA. Johnson's mother, Conswella Sparrow Johnson, was a two-time Class AAA Tennessee Miss Basketball winner in high school and played college basketball for Auburn, where she was a two-time All-Southeastern Conference selection. On August 6, 2019, Johnson committed to play college basketball for Tennessee over offers from Ohio State and Virginia, among others. By the end of his high school career, Johnson was rated by major recruiting services as a consensus five-star recruit and the highest ranked player in Tennessee in the 2020 class. He became the first top-ranked in-state prospect to commit to Tennessee since Robert Hubbs III in 2013. On February 6, 2021, Johnson scored a career-high 27 points in an 82–71 win over Kentucky. As a freshman, he averaged 11.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, and was named to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) All-Freshman Team. 

On April 7, 2021, Johnson declared for the 2021 NBA draft, forgoing his college eligibility. At the NBA Draft Combine, he recorded the highest maximum vertical leap in combine history, at 48 inches. He was drafted 21st by the Los Angeles Clippers.