Four-star DB to visit SMU next weekend

[Hoofprint]

DB Daniel Johnson is scheduled to visit SMU next weekend, and he's a stud. This would be HUGE accomplishment if we could get this guy to end up a Mustang!

Daniel Johnson
Safety
Houston (Spring Woods), Texas
Height: 6-foot-3
Weight: 195 pounds
40-yard dash: 4.41 seconds
Bench max: 240 pounds

5.8
(National) Position Ranking: 12
Previous: 11

Rivals.com Rivals250 2006
Rivals.com Safeties 2006 (12)
Rivals.com preseason Texas Top 100 2006 (16)

"Daniel is just an overall great athlete. We can put him at several different spots and he performs well." -Spring Woods coach Dwayne Eggerman

SCHOOLS OF INTEREST OFFER VISIT CAMP RECRUITED BY
Texas A&M (high interest, 1/20/06 visit), Texas Tech (high interest, 11/18/05 visit), SMU (medium interest, 1/13/06 visit), Arkansas (low interest), Oklahoma (low interest), Oklahoma State (low interest), Tennessee (low interest), Texas (low interest). Rivals says he has offers from all of them.

[Pony Fan]

With somewhat a change from prior years, we seem to be getting quite a bit of interest from Houston area kids. Maybe because we beat Houston, Rice and TCU?

[Hoofprint]

I don't know. Certainly didn't hurt.

[that's great raplh]

we'll take another all american - bennet coached the #3 defense in the country....he can do it at smu as well

[Hoss]

A 6'3" safety who runs a 4.4, and by all accounts is a great player, not just a great athlete? He'd look pretty good next to Sturdivant (if he played as a freshman), don't you think? That's the measurables that make coaches drool.

[me@smu]

At least is showing a medium interest in us...there is a chance there!

Hopefully PB sells this kid on early playing time and being a big fish in a little pond.

[Hoop Fan]

just for grins, let's say big fish in a medium sized pond.

[ClassOf81]

A 6'3" safety who runs a 4.4, and by all accounts is a great player, not just a great athlete? He'd look pretty good next to Sturdivant (if he played as a freshman), don't you think? That's the measurables that make coaches drool.

It's making me drool, that's for sure. Go get him, coaches!

[Herd Backer]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe I HERD somewhere that former Mustang 0-lineman & grad asst. Austin Adami is the O-line coach @ Spring Woods High School. If this is true this could be the connection that gives the Mustangs an advantage.

[Corso]

Nope (see other thread) -- Coach Adami is at Keller HS.

[me@smu]

He was the o-line coach back in 2003 at Springwood though...doubt that really counts for much now but might.

[JasonB]

FYI, a source close to A&M indicates that although Johnson is very talented, he is not a main target for them.

So, there is a good chance that we could actually land this guy.

[giacfsp]

How awesome would that be!!!!!
Is it just down to us and the Aggies at the moment?

[Stallion]

we don't even have a single report that he ever uttered the words SMU in his sleep. This is why I'm not going to sit back and let a lot of inaccurate info go unchecked. Does anybody have confirmation from a single source that SMU is even in the picture?

[giacfsp]

We also don't have a single report in which he says "no way I'm looking at SMU." His name surfaced as someone with some kind of interest a month or two ago. I don't know if he does or not, but neither does anyone else here. We're going on the rock-solid reporting of rivals, aren't we? Speculation that he has interest has no more or less validity than speculation that he has no interest.