The Oregon Duck football program got big news on Monday morning with regards to one of their most recruited players out of high school.

Miami transfer and sophomore linebacker D.J. Johnson tweeted he was eligible to play in this month's Redbox Bowl on December 31st at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Johnsn's eligibility for the bowl game stems from the NCAA's new redshirt rule. Because he has a redshirt available and is now eligible to play in the Redbox Bowl, he can effectively play in the game and still use this season as a redshirt year. Johnson will be a redshirt sophomore for the Ducks for the 2019 football season.

"Blessed to say that I’m eligible to make my debut and play the last game with my dawgs," Johnson Tweeted. The tweet was confirmed by an Oregon spokesman on Monday evening.

Blessed to say that I’m eligible to make my debut and play the last game with my dawgs???????? #ThePredator pic.twitter.com/kXI3Jy9mzo — DJ Johnson (@SouthSacDJ) December 10, 2018

The only hold up for Johnson playing in the bowl game will be if he passes his classes for the fall quarter. Oregon said they have no reason to believe that he won't have passing grades and should be eligible for the game.

How Johnson is eligible for the bowl game? He enrolled in online classes at Oregon this past January, and because that's when his clock at Oregon started, he has now completed a year's worth of school at Oregon, which removes the NCAA-mandated year off following a transfer. In previous years, players like Johnson wouldn't play in the bowl game because they would lose a year of eligibility to compete for playing in just one game. Now, with the rule change stated above, Johnson can play in the bowl game for the Ducks and still preserve his redshirt which he was using for this season.

Throughout Oregon's fall camp and regular season, Johnson has spent most of his time during practice bouncing between Oregon's second team defense and Oregon's scout-team defense that went up against Oregon's first and second-team offenses. He has played the same linebacker position that current senior linebacker Justin Hollins plays, and is expected to replace him in the starting lineup next season.

Johnson signed with the Miami Hurricanes as part of the 2017 recruiting class. He was the nation's sixth-best defensive end in the country and the 74th best player overall, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.

At Miami in 2017, Johnson played in eight games for the Hurricanes, including playing in the ACC Championship game against No. 1 Clemson. He also played in the Capital One Orange Bowl against No. 6 ranked Wisconsin. He primarily played on special teams and finished the season with three tackles.