Prove Em Wrong Josh Johnson

This time of year, every year, even more so this year... a lot of college football programs have failed to live up to their expectations. Whether it's bad luck, bad coaching, injuries, bad referring or most likely, bad performances by players... college coaches/fans/players all think what the year could have been if a few things went a little differently. With that said... I'd like to introduce to you a quarterback that your college passed up on. Josh Johnson of Univ. of San Diego. The guy who would have your team playing a lot better (except about 10-15 teams).

Football is a sport where most of the scholarships are given to kids before their senior year. That means coaches are evaluating athletes' junior seasons and giving scholarships based on those performances. So college coaches have to look at a 16 or 17 year old, close there eyes and determine if they could help their program when they're 21, 22, 23 years old. College recruiting is hard. And there are many stories about guys who walk-on, become captains of their team and All-Conference performers and there are many stories about guys who were All-Americans in numerous publications and fail to perform. Guys like Johnson, no matter how talented they are, unless they turned a lot of heads in their sophomore year in high school, go into their senior year at a major disadvantage.

As I mentioned earlier, Josh Johnson was injured his junior year in high school. As a senior, he 1,900 yards and 22 touchdowns with just 2 interceptions. When I realized he went to Oakland Tech (High School) I was surprised he fell through the cracks. Marshawn Lynch was the runningback on that team and Lynch was highly touted coming out of high school so someone should have seen him on film. That is often times how kids are found. Johnson also played basketball and high jumped 6'5 in high school. Basically... kid is an athlete. Only received offers to play at San Diego, St. Mary's (doesn't have a football team anymore) and Idaho State. Let's just say San Diego is happy he fell into their lap.

Here is a link to his USD player page for more information about him and what he accomplished prior to his senior year at San Diego.

He is going out with a bang this year though. His Torerros are currently 8-1, he's completing 72% of his passes... he has throw 35 touchdowns and 1 interception (241 attempts), he has 2,500 passing yards and 560 rushing. If I had a vote for the Walter Payton Award, he'd get it. Check out his Sports Network page with his stats for the year.