 He set a Big Ten record with his 42 carries against Northwestern, and he was selected as the most valuable player on the 1967 Michigan Wolverines football team.As a senior, Johnson was captain of the 1968 Michigan Wolverines football team, the first African-American player to receive that honor at Michigan.Johnson led the 1968 team, originally predicted to be an "also-ran" in the Big Ten, to an 8–2 record and a No.