i aint taking no more visits. Ill be there (at tennessee) in a month, said johnson, whos ranked the nations no. 15 overall junior-college prospect and no. 1 juco defensive tackle in the 247sports composite for the 2016 class. i feel even better about my decision. Ill be there in a month january 10 so im looking forward to that.
the 6-foot-4, 297-pound johnson who was accompanied by several family members on the visit said his latest trip to tennessee lived up to his expectations, and he admitted he had a little more fun there over the weekend than i did on the previous visits.
he said the highlight of the trip was attending his first game at neyland stadium the vols 53-28 win saturday against in-state rival vanderbilt and he admitted he was impressed by the game-day atmosphere. i couldnt even hear myself think, johnson said.
we watched the vol walk, johnson said. the vol walk was crazy all the fans swarming the players and everything. We ate a lot a whole lot. I hung out with some of the players.
we sat down with coach strip and we talked football watched some plays and everything like that, johnson said. he likes the fact that im an every-down d-tackle. I can stop the run and pass-rush on third down.
vols head coach butch jones took the opportunity to tell johnson that hes eager to add the jonesboro, ga., native to tennessees defensive-tackle rotation. he was just telling me how excited he is about me and everything, johnson said.
i think next year well compete for a national championship, he said. the whole team plays with passion, and the defense plays with a lot of passion.
