UAB (2024-25)
- Appeared in a career-high 37 games for UAB and made 21 starts.
- Averaged 8.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists last season.
- Recorded 14 double-digit scoring games and three 20-point games.
- Career-high 24 points at Rice (2/19/25) on 10-for-13 shooting from the field and 4-for-6 from three.
- Finished 6-for-7 at the free throw line. The six free throws were a season high.
- Made at least two threes in 12 different contests, including six with at least three triples.
- Connected on a season-high five triples in a 21-point effort at Memphis (1/26/25).
UAB (2023-24)
- Appeared in 34 games while making 25 starts and playing 31 minutes per game.
- Averaged 11.2 points and 1.7 assists per game while shooting 43 percent from the field.
- Recorded 20 double-digit scoring efforts with two games of 20+ points.
- Finished the season with a team-high 56 3-pointers while shooting 35.9 percent from beyond the arc.
- Led the team with an .821 (64-78) free throw percentage.
- Scored 17 points while shooting 7-for-11 from the field vs. Clemson (11/10/23).
- Added 18 points and hit the game-winning three against Alcorn State (11/16/23).
- Hit the game-winning jumper at the buzzer at UTSA (1/2/24).
- Scored 15 points and dished out a career high six assists in a win over Tulane (1/17/24).
- Reached 20 points for the first time in his career on the road at SMU (2/4/24).
- Scored a career high 21 points in UAB’s AAC Tournament win over top-seeded South Florida (3/26/24).
- Led the Blazers with 19 points in the NCAA Tournament against San Diego State (3/22/24).
UAB (2022-23)
- Appeared in 29 games
- Ranked second on the team in 3-point field goal percentage at 37.8 percent.
- Scored a career-high 14 points and dished out four assists vs. Rhodes College while shooting 6-of-9 from the field (11/26/22).
- Matched his career high of 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds in win over UTEP (12/29/22).
High School
- Starred at the point guard position for longtime Grissom High School head coach Jack Doss in 2021-22.
- Helped lead the Tigers to a 24-6 record in 7A as a senior.
- Helped lead Grissom to a 13-1 home record in his final high school season.
- Led all scorers with 21 points in a 64-58 road victory over Gadsden City in Grissom’s regular-season finale.
Personal
- Born June 25, 2003.
- Nickname is “Butta” – Efrem “Butta” Johnson.
- Played travel basketball for head coach Boo Williams and Nike EYBL.
- Was named Third Team Nike EYBL Session I after averaging 15.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game.