From OnlineAthens.com
February 25th, 2016 01:46 PM
Former Georgia football coach Mark Richt made a scholarship offer earlier this month to a current area eighth grader.
That may seems too early for the now Miami coach to have a recruit on his radar, but this player has long been known to Richt.
Max Johnson is Richt’s nephew and the son of former NFL quarterback Brad Johnson.
“Here’s the deal: He’s young and obviously has potential and he’s been at all kind of different camps,” Brad Johnson said. “Right now he just has to get ninth grade. Learn how to drive a car. Those kind of things.”
Max Johnson started the last two seasons for Prince Avenue Christian’s middle school team that his father coached. Brad Johnson played 17 NFL seasons, winning the Super Bowl with Tampa Bay in the 2002 season and he retired in 2008. He is married to Mark’s sister, Nikki. Max is the oldest of two boys.
Miami’s offer came to the nearly 6-foot-2, 165-pound Johnson came on Feb. 9. A visit is planned to Florida State this weekend, the school where Brad Johnson played for Mark Richt when he was quarterbacks coach. He will take part in one-day college camps this summer.
“His main goal is to get ready for high school football and just get better right now,” Brad Johnson said. “That’s the whole focus for him. There are definitely schools that have recognized his potential. That’s kind of where times have changed a little bit from when I grew up.”
Miami also offered eighth-grader Harrison Bailey from Powder Springs, Ga., according to CaneSport and the Palm Beach Post.
Johnson attended the MVP camp in Valdosta on Feb. 7 and caught the eye of camp co-organizer Rusty Mansell.
“You know there are so many factors they are about to go through, growth and social,” said Mansell, a recruiting analyst for 247Sports. “Looking at him, the first thing that stood out is he came as a seventh grader. The kid was 135 pounds, 5-11. This year’s he’s 6-2, 165 pounds. He’s left-handed. The ball really jumps out of his hands for an eighth-grader. You can tell he’s a kid that really likes football already. …He’s not trying to be Brad Johnson’s son. He’s trying to be his own kid. He wants to work and go to as many camps and throw.”
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February 25th, 2016 01:46 PM
Former Georgia football coach Mark Richt made a scholarship offer earlier this month to a current area eighth grader.
That may seems too early for the now Miami coach to have a recruit on his radar, but this player has long been known to Richt.
Max Johnson is Richt’s nephew and the son of former NFL quarterback Brad Johnson.
“Here’s the deal: He’s young and obviously has potential and he’s been at all kind of different camps,” Brad Johnson said. “Right now he just has to get ninth grade. Learn how to drive a car. Those kind of things.”
Max Johnson started the last two seasons for Prince Avenue Christian’s middle school team that his father coached. Brad Johnson played 17 NFL seasons, winning the Super Bowl with Tampa Bay in the 2002 season and he retired in 2008. He is married to Mark’s sister, Nikki. Max is the oldest of two boys.
Miami’s offer came to the nearly 6-foot-2, 165-pound Johnson came on Feb. 9. A visit is planned to Florida State this weekend, the school where Brad Johnson played for Mark Richt when he was quarterbacks coach. He will take part in one-day college camps this summer.
“His main goal is to get ready for high school football and just get better right now,” Brad Johnson said. “That’s the whole focus for him. There are definitely schools that have recognized his potential. That’s kind of where times have changed a little bit from when I grew up.”
Miami also offered eighth-grader Harrison Bailey from Powder Springs, Ga., according to CaneSport and the Palm Beach Post.
Johnson attended the MVP camp in Valdosta on Feb. 7 and caught the eye of camp co-organizer Rusty Mansell.
“You know there are so many factors they are about to go through, growth and social,” said Mansell, a recruiting analyst for 247Sports. “Looking at him, the first thing that stood out is he came as a seventh grader. The kid was 135 pounds, 5-11. This year’s he’s 6-2, 165 pounds. He’s left-handed. The ball really jumps out of his hands for an eighth-grader. You can tell he’s a kid that really likes football already. …He’s not trying to be Brad Johnson’s son. He’s trying to be his own kid. He wants to work and go to as many camps and throw.”
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