Johnsy3 said:
We can all agree this dude has kinda come out of nowhere and played his butt off. Nice to see the national media notice.
He didn't come out of nowhere. A&M pursued him constantly from St. Louis, MO along with Doyle who is now gone. But those following A&M recruiting/football knew he was a stud and flashed each time he had an opportunity to play last year. He and Cooper are the two Jimbo mentioned at the end of last year that he needed to find a way to get them on the field this year. When M. Jones went down and the J. Jones experiment at NB didn't work during the Spring, it opened up the opportunity for Johnson to see the field and when George went down, Chappell made the best of the opportunity as well and will remain a starter for the future. Now Harmon is seeing more PT as well of late. If Moten hadn't got hurt, he might have made a run for quality PT as well. Kids a baller.
There's a good chance Johnson moves to safety to replace O'Neal next year. Gilbert would be the next man up at Safety after Richardson and Johnson. EY could play Safety as well as J. Jones.
Cooper is replacing Hansford next year. Wait until you see him play fulltime. Cats as fast as sh/t LBer and can hit like like a mf'er.