Johnson was the No. 5 overall player on the final big board from Bleacher Report's NFL Scouting Department. Despite missing seven games with a shoulder injury and turf toe, Johnson had 14 tackles, three passes defended and four interceptions last year. In 2023, he had 27 tackles, four passes defended and four interceptions for Michigan.

Afterward, Todd Archer learned from Quinn Ewers' agent, Ron Slavin, why Ewers fell to the Miami Dolphins in the seventh round. "The day after the draft, Slavin said he reached out to 'half the league' to find out what happened,

Quinn Ewers didn’t do enough during the 2024 campaign to warrant being one of the first quarterbacks off the draft board.