Charlie Johnson

November 19, 2025: The Duke Blue Devils Men’s Lacrosse Headshots

Position:
Defense
Height/Weight:
6-0 / 205
Class:
Senior
Experience:
1
Hometown:
Riverside, Conn.
High School:
Brunswick

Honors: USILA All-America Second Team (2025, 2026) ... USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America Second Team (2026) ... All-ACC (2026) ... Inside Lacrosse All-America Third Team (2025, 2026) ... USA Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention (2025) ... CSC Academic All-District (2025, 2026) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)

2026: Started all 16 games on defense … USILA All-America and USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America Second Team ... Inside Lacrosse All-America Third Team … All-ACC selection … Served as a team captain … Ranked among Duke’s defensive leaders with 29 ground balls and 19 caused turnovers … Collected four ground balls in the season opener against Bellarmine (2/2) … Caused three turnovers against Utah (2/6) and Jacksonville (2/21) … Picked up a season-high four ground balls and added two caused turnovers against Vermont (2/15) … Added two caused turnovers at Air Force (3/7), against Virginia (4/4), at North Carolina (4/25) and against Princeton in the NCAA Semifinals (5/23) … Scored his lone goal of the season in the road win at North Carolina … Named ACC Defensive Player of the Week following the win over the Tar Heels … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2025: Started all 18 games on close defense … All-ACC … USILA All-America Second Team … USA Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention … Inside Lacrosse All-America Third Team … Led the team with 32 caused turnovers … Tied for second in Duke single-season history … Picked up 30 ground balls … Credited with two assists … Registered a caused turnover in 13 games … Caused multiple turnovers in 11 contests … Forced five turnovers in a win at Jacksonville (2/8) and versus North Carolina (4/12) … Helped hold the Tar Heels to just eight goals – 6.70 goals below its season average … Also had four ground balls versus UNC … Had three caused turnovers and a ground ball in double overtime victory at Richmond (3/15) … Registered his first career point with an assist in win against Saint Joseph’s (2/15) … Also had a helper at Boston University (4/5) … Caused two turnovers versus the Terriers … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2024: Played in five games on defense … Registered his first stats as a Blue Devil with two ground balls and a caused turnover versus Providence (3/13) … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2023: Did not see game action ... Redshirt season ... ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Duke: A four-year letterwinner and three-year starter at Brunswick School … 2022 Under Armour All-American and USA Lacrosse All-American … A leader on the nation’s second-ranked program … Helped lead Brunswich to 16-1 record as a senior … Garnered All-New England recognition in 2022 … As a junior team posted a 15-3 record and ranked in the top 10 in the nation … Also played four years of football as a defensive back … Three-time New England finalist and helped Brunswick to New England Championship … Voted the football team’s Most Valuable Player … Registered 109 tackles for a position record as a senior … Garnered first team all-league, All-New England and all-northeast his final season … A two-year member of the basketball team as a guard … Voted all-league defense .. State playwriting champion in 2020.

Personal: Son of Katie and Rob .. Has one brother, Henry, and one sister, Ellie … Mother played four years of lacrosse and field hockey at Princeton University … Grandfather, Steve Thurlow, played football, rugby and baseball at Stanford … Drafted in the second round of the 1964 NFL Draft and played for the New York Giants and then Washington Redskins.