Johnell Celistan

Position:
Cornerback
Height:
6-2
Weight:
197
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Avondale, La.
High School:
Hahnville
Prev School:
Hahnville

Tulsa –– A three-year letterwinner . . . was a member of the 2012 signing class . . . gray-shirted for the 2012 season . . . enrolled at Tulsa in January 2013 . . . has played in 36 career games and started two games . . . has 32 career tackles and five pass breakups . . . 2015 – Played in all 13 games . . . tallied 11 tackles and has one pass breakup . . . had a season-high two tackles at Tulane and Cincinnati . . . 2014 – Saw playing time in all 12 games . . . had eight tackles and two pass break-ups . . . had a season-best four tackles against Oklahoma . . . tallied two stops and two pass break-ups against East Carolina . . . 2013 – Played in 11 games and started two contests as a true freshman . . . was credited with 13 tackles and two pass break-ups . . . started his first career game against Louisiana Tech, and responded with five tackles and one pass break-up . . . collected three stops against UTSA.

High School –– Was a three-year letterwinner and starter on defense at Hahnville High School . . . earned honorable mention all-district 5A accolades in his senior season . . . received a Rivals.com three-star rating . . . also lettered two years in track and was a district finalist in the 300-meter hurdles.

Personal –– Favorite movie is All About the Benjamins . . . his favorite NFL player is Tyrann Mathieu and Kobe Bryant is his favorite professional athlete . . . favorite pro sports team is the New Orleans Saints . . . his favorite sports movie is Any Given Sunday . . . besides football, lists basketball as his favorite sport to watch . . . enjoys drawing and writing raps . . . the most famous person he’s ever met is American rapper Curren$y . . . favorite TV show is “Everybody Hates Chris” . . . the one word he uses to best describe himself is “determined” . . . has two older siblings . . . parents are Johnell Celistan Sr. and Monique Bryer. . . majoring in communication . . . born April 17, 1993. (pronounced John-L SELL-ih-stan)