New football offer: CA DE Deonte "D.J." Johnson
Michigan offered a 6'5", 240 lb. defensive end from California named D.J. Johnson.
Here are his highlights (which I'll also embed below):
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/4023082/highlights/308578520
If you like good football, watch the first two plays of his highlights.
Play #1: He runs 60+ yards to save a touchdown, tracking down a wideout.
Play #2: He chases down a QB from the backside and gets a strip-sack near the opposite sideline.
February 18th, 2016 at 10:15 AM ^
Rookie question:
What is the reason the videos are always embedded as replies to the post? Can you not embed in a main post?
February 18th, 2016 at 10:18 AM ^
Embeds in the main post never seem to work. I'm not sure why. I stopped trying a while ago, so now I just put any videos in the comments section.
February 18th, 2016 at 10:04 AM ^
You left out the most important piece of info... his nickname is FREAK NASTY.
February 18th, 2016 at 10:08 AM ^
Fuck Lion is still the best nickname ever.
February 18th, 2016 at 10:11 AM ^
On this we can all agree.
February 18th, 2016 at 12:13 PM ^
I share that nickname and it's more a burden than a boon.
February 18th, 2016 at 12:18 PM ^
1st World problems!
February 18th, 2016 at 10:09 AM ^
Do Want.
February 18th, 2016 at 10:11 AM ^
If you looked up "Harbaugh Player" in the dictionary, decent chance you'd find this video.
February 18th, 2016 at 10:27 AM ^
Great film, but this is a major national recruit, no doubt. Any indication he has any M interest? He already has offers from every major Pac-12 team including UCLA, SC and Oregon plus other major schools like Georgia and Oklahoma. That's quite an early list.
February 18th, 2016 at 10:31 AM ^
If you offer, they will come.
February 18th, 2016 at 10:33 AM ^
He's a NorCal kid so decent chance he's a Niners fan and thus a fan of Harbaugh. Question is if distance is a factor.
February 18th, 2016 at 10:36 AM ^
That's a good point about the Niners. Also, 247 lists warm interest for Georgia, which would suggest distance isn't everything. But his only crystal ball is to UCLA, which means almost nothing this early.
February 18th, 2016 at 11:24 AM ^
I looked, but there's not a ton of information out there about his favorites and such. Usually it takes a couple days for Michigan people to get ahold of prospects and interview them after offers, so we'll probably know more soon.
February 18th, 2016 at 11:46 AM ^
Johnson let me know this offer is "really big" for his recruitment and the staff is targeting him as a hybrid DE/OLB
— Garrett Fishaw (@MGoFish) February 18, 2016
February 18th, 2016 at 11:55 AM ^
Dont believe a single thing MGoFish says
February 18th, 2016 at 12:07 PM ^
I am hearing he has already produced a hype video featuring Johnson, but he can't release it because Al Gore asked him to stop breaking the Internet.
February 18th, 2016 at 12:39 PM ^
I hope that's not serious. Yeah, he fucked up the video thing, oversold it. But that doesn't affect his credibility in reporting. He's always been pretty accurate there, especially for the volume he puts out.
February 18th, 2016 at 10:35 AM ^
What about #67 standing on the sidelines at 00:25? Can we make it a package deal?
February 18th, 2016 at 11:26 AM ^
He's being recruited as a punter.
February 18th, 2016 at 11:03 AM ^
We are probably never going to lose another game with Harbaugh as coach. I just cannot see it happening.
February 18th, 2016 at 12:18 PM ^
Ever since Durkin left we have been below our quota of DJ's. Seems like a must get to me. Same reason I hope we can pull deejay Dallas out of cali if anything just to hear his pregame intro in the deepest pre-bass drop voice the announcer can muster. And now, your starting wideout... D-J DALLAS WUBWUBWUBWUBWUB
February 18th, 2016 at 1:31 PM ^
I hear you, but Deejay Dallas is from Georgia.
February 18th, 2016 at 10:45 PM ^
touche
February 18th, 2016 at 2:10 PM ^
What number recruiting classs do you think Michigan will have in 2017. (I say #3)
February 18th, 2016 at 5:56 PM ^
Is every offer worth a new board post? Most people would get snark upon snark in the comments. Magnus gets a pass, apparently.
February 18th, 2016 at 6:14 PM ^
Yeah, I'm totally immune to snark. I'm everyone's favorite poster.
February 18th, 2016 at 7:25 PM ^
Fair enough. I lurk, mainly, but have read most of your stuff. I think you do a good job. Your grouchiness is what turns people off. Me, not included. I'm prone to grouchiness at times too.
February 18th, 2016 at 8:24 PM ^
Thanks. I don't see myself as grouchy. I'm just straight-forward and don't believe in a lot of fluff. People interpret that as grouchiness, and I don't really care because it's the internet.
FWIW, I don't think every new offer is post-worthy, but Johnson's film is fun to watch just because of the effort level. You see guys who are big, fast, can jump, are strong, etc., but it's not very often that star players hustle like Johnson does.
February 18th, 2016 at 6:33 PM ^
Love how he takes time to rip the ball out, find it, grab it, and start running the other way.
Hope he brings his game and his very appropriate moniker to Michigan.
February 18th, 2016 at 8:19 PM ^
and I am sure Missi State is all over him. It will be interesting to see how serious he is about Michigan. Btw, the latest recruit to sign with Michigan, Noro Virus, is just killing it on campus.
February 18th, 2016 at 8:38 PM ^
the clip at :53 with the goal post in the way. /s
"High motor" seems like a prerequisite for JH. In this case, his self-proclaimed nickname fits and should please JH.