BIOGRAPHY
Johnny Stanton was born on September 7, 1994 in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. He is a fullback in the NFL.
Stanton grew up in Rancho Santa Margarita, California and attended Santa Margarita Catholic High School. As a junior, he passed for 2,439 yards with 13 touchdowns and rushed for 1,428 yards and 21 touchdowns and was named first team All-Area by the Los Angeles Times. Stanton completed 59 of 88 passes for 949 yards with 11 touchdowns while rushing for 386 yards and eight touchdowns on 47 carries before he suffered a season ending knee injury five games into his senior year.
Stanton began his collegiate career at Nebraska, redshirting his true freshman season. He spent his redshirt freshman season as the third string quarterback, attempting one pass which was completed for six yards. Stanton left Nebraska at the end of the school year and transferred to Saddleback College. In his only season season with the Gauchos, Stanton completed 293-of-465 passes for 3,471 yards and 27 touchdowns and also led the team in rushing with 747 yards and 12 touchdowns. He committed to transfer to UNLV for his final two seasons of eligibility over offers from Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.
Stanton was named the Rebels' starting quarterback going into his first season with the team and completed 50-of-107 passes for 676 yards, six touchdowns and six interceptions while also rushing 231 yards and a touchdown. He suffered a season-ending injury in the fourth game of the season. As a redshirt senior, he played fullback as well as on defense and special teams and also started three games at quarterback. Stanton finished the season with 724 passing yards with four touchdown passes and two interceptions while also rushing for 96 yards and two touchdowns and recorded nine tackles on defense and blocked a punt and returned one punt for 19 yards on special teams.
Stanton was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent on May 7, 2018, after participating in a rookie minicamp with the team.
