Why Texas didn't recruit Gilmer RB/LB Justin Johnson

Vito Corleone · Post by **Vito Corleone** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:53 pm

If you were wondering why Mack would pass on such a huge talent, here is your answer

http://www.news-journal.com/sports/cont ... ayers.html

Gilmer football player, former player confess to spray painting car

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By RICK KRETZSCHMAR

Saturday, March 31, 2007

A current Gilmer football player and one of the top 2008 college recruits in the nation, as well as a former Gilmer football standout, have confessed to spray painting a car.

Running back-linebacker Justin Johnson and former Buckeye linebacker Arsenial Richardson — as well as Gilmer High School student Dean McKane Griffith — voluntarily surrendered themselves to the Upshur County Sheriff's Office on Thursday for misdemeanor criminal mischief warrants, according to a press release from Billy W. Byrd, Criminal District Attorney for Upshur County.

Johnson, Richardson and Griffith have confessed to spray painting at least car on Feb. 24 in Gilmer. According to the release, they purchased spray paint which was used to paint various signs and marks on the vehicle.

Officers Chad Lanier and Trey Anderson located several spray paint cans and retrieved latent prints. Johnson, Richardson and Griffith were contacted by Upshur County Sheriff's Office investigator Freddie Mitchell and confessed to the crime in an interview.

Johnson has orally committed to play football for the University of Oklahoma. Oral commitments are non-binding and the first date Johnson can sign with a college is Feb. 6.

Johnson was a second-team Class 3A All-State selection by The Associated Press Sports Editors, an honorable-mention selection by the Texas Sports Writers Association and was a first-team selection on the Longview News-Journal's All-East Texas Team in 2006, rushing for 1,015 yards and 11 touchdowns on 86 carries. Johnson was an All-East Texas Newcomer of the Year in 2005, after rushing for 793 yards and eight touchdowns.

Richardson signed with Texas A&M-Commerce in February. He had 111 tackles and three interceptions for Gilmer, which went 10-0 in the regular season. Richardson was an honorable mention all-state selection by APSE and TSWA and second-team All-East Texas.

Texas A&M-Commerce coach Scotty Conley said he first heard about what Richardson did on Friday. Conley said it is too soon to tell whether the incident will have any affect on Richardson's scholarship status.

"I'll know more when I've had a chance to find out what's going on," Conley said.

The release mentions that there has been up-to-date contact with Gilmer athletic director-head football coach Jeff Traylor. The release said Traylor and other members of the Gilmer Independent School District have been very professional and helpful during the investigation.

According to the release additional charges may be filed at a later date for other victims that may have had property destroyed or damaged by the suspects.

The investigation is ongoing and the Upshur County Sheriff's Office anticipates charging the multiple juvenile offenders with crimes associated with these acts.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:27 pm

We'll take him.

Sin,
Oregon State

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:45 pm

Dinsdale wrote:We'll take him.

Sin,
Oregon State

Like hell you will.

Sin,
Duh U

NjSooner · Post by **NjSooner** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:10 am

What character issues?

sin,
Tarell Brown

Vito Corleone · Post by **Vito Corleone** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:36 am

Believe the Heupel wrote:
Vito Corleone on 2/4/2007 wrote:Johnson is the cousin of sooner receiver Manuel Johnson so him going to the sooners was almost a given. Texas recruited him as a linebacker and my guess is he will be the best linebacker recruit when it is all said and done.
So which is it, Vito? Texas didn't recruit Justin Johnson because of "character issues"-laughable from the school of Ramonce Taylor, to say the least-or they recruited him as a linebacker?

Why must you be a liar, Vito? WHY MUST YOU LIE???

Oh Texas did start the recruiting process with him, but they then decided to stop because of character issues. They normally don't do that with top talent but then again they recruited Jeramie Calhoun and then out of no where they told him they were no longer interested.

Mack has turned down a lot of top talent and each time it has worked out pretty well for us. We also lost a lot of top talent that has also worked out pretty well for us. blOwU might have commitments from 4 of the top 5 players in the state, but outside of Good, you guys have no one else I want.

Vito Corleone · Post by **Vito Corleone** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:41 am

NjSooner wrote:What character issues?

sin,
Tarell Brown

What did Brown do? He was caught in a car that didn't belong to him with a gun that belonged to someone else in the car and there just happened to be Pot in the car. Normally I would agree but he tested negitive in a drug test administered by the police that same night.

Of course he could have nearly killed one of his best friends by knocking him out in a bar. Or he could have...ah screw it, when it comes to spooners it's too easy. You guys invented the renegate football program.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:14 pm

Spray painting cars? Sheesh...childs play.

Sin,
TV Snatcher

NjSooner · Post by **NjSooner** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:49 pm

Vito Corleone wrote: You guys invented the renegate football program.

Considering how many players we get from texas, YOU guys invented it.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:03 pm

Believe the Heupel wrote:I forgot you guys never had a bunch of players get in a drunken fight over a parking spot.

Fight? Those guy obviously just set their sights on the wrong parking spots.

Sin,
USC

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:18 pm

What's all this talk about parking spots?

- C. Rix

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:02 pm

IndyFrisco wrote:What's all this talk about parking spots?

- C. Rix

yeah, in.

sin,

Sam Keller

and always nice to see the remarkably versatile vito chime in with one of his three posts: 1. Vince is Great 2. Sooners bad, Texas good. and the wildcard: 3. My sources tell me....

Vito Corleone · Post by **Vito Corleone** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:13 am

King Crimson wrote:
IndyFrisco wrote:What's all this talk about parking spots?

- C. Rix
yeah, in.

sin,

Sam Keller

and always nice to see the remarkably versatile vito chime in with one of his three posts: 1. Vince is Great 2. Sooners bad, Texas good. and the wildcard: 3. My sources tell me....

It's a long off season and those are my 3 favorite subjects.

Oh and I'm in also

Sincerely,

Leeland McElroy

Harvdog · Post by **Harvdog** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:24 am

I just park my sled in the coaches space.

Sin,

Dante Hall

Harvdog · Post by **Harvdog** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:14 am

Believe the Heupel wrote:Man, what a bad kid...this from a premium Rivals article:

Josh McCuistion
SoonerScoop.com Associate Editor

Talk about it in The Crimson Corner
When Gilmer, Texas running back/linebacker Justin Johnson made his commitment to Oklahoma, his hope was to make a splash and put himself in a position of importance among Oklahoma's potentially star-studded class of 2008. With such an emphatic commitment and documentation of his intentions comes an entirely new level of expectation.

Johnson is ready to have the last month behind him.
So it surprised many Sooner fans when word got out last week that Johnson had found himself in some legal trouble in his East Texas home. The allegations in a recent newspaper story from the Longview News-Journal stated that Johnson had been arrested for vandalism. Spray-painting a car was the specific allegation.

It was also mentioned that Johnson had turned himself in and confessed to the crime, both counts are things that Johnson refutes as he spoke to SoonerScoop.com in his first interview since the allegations.

"I would say it was about a month ago, and it has been taken care of. Before I explain it I want to say I never confessed to anything, and was never arrested," Johnson said before diving into the story. "The two kids I was with, I wasn't aware of what they were doing. I didn't really know what was going on. I had been in the car when it actually happened at about 10 o'clock and they came back and said they spray painted this guy's car."

However, there is more to the story that gave credence to the suspicion that Johnson's involvement was more than peripheral.

"The guy's car that we spray-painted, his daughter and I had dated a while back. She was white and he didn't agree with things. I had a couple of problems with him my sophomore year I mean to the point of him coming into the locker room and trying to start problems with me," he said. "He found out this had happened to his car, but didn't know who had done it. Well, it got around town that I did it.

"It got back to him, and he wanted something done about it. I saw my coach (Jeff Traylor) and he said the sheriff wanted to talk to me about vandalism. So I go to see them and they said they had statements from people that I was talking about it and said I did it."

The 6-foot-1, 215-pound star thought the issue was resolved after the two other accused apparently admitted to the crime, but instead he was later lumped in with the crime.

"The guy that actually did it, he confessed he did it but also said that I was the one who told him to do it. So I got lumped in because of what was said. After that two weeks went by I thought it had passed but then I found the paper and it was a Class A misdemeanor, I don't know hat to tell you, it was just crazy," he said.

Un huh......

[Best Antwan from In Living Color] See the thing is, is that it was a racial thing you see. It wasn't me. I didn't do shit. It was some other guy that has no chance of a D-1 scholarship who is taking the fall....uhhhhh I mean taking the blame for my errrr...... his actions. We ummmmm I mean, I'm completely innocent. [/Best Antwan from In Living Color]

Vito Corleone · Post by **Vito Corleone** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:21 am

Rack Harv and anyone else that can come up with an LC take.

Harvdog · Post by **Harvdog** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:59 am

Believe the Heupel wrote:Damn, Vito, I'll bet you think Arsenio is some funny shit as well.

Can I get something from my Dog Pound?

[finger to temple] hmmmmmmmmm....[/finger to temple]

Vito Corleone · Post by **Vito Corleone** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:07 am

Believe the Heupel wrote:Damn, Vito, I'll bet you think Arsenio is some funny shit as well.

Can I get something from my Dog Pound?

[Wayne Brady] Is Vito going to haf ta choke a bitch[/Wayne Brady]

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:37 pm

ILC was long enough ago that when someone quotes it, it's like a blast from the past. A great and timely call.

Quoting a 3 year old comedy show that was over quoted to begin with makes the person seem lame and out of touch.

Vito Corleone · Post by **Vito Corleone** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:38 am

Generally when something gets over-quoted its because it was a damn good quote.

See Eddie Murphy Delirious

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:16 pm

Vito Corleone wrote:Generally when something gets over-quoted its because it was a damn good quote.

See Eddie Murphy Delirious

Didn't say it wasn't funny. Quoting it three years later after people quoted the shit out of it makes me question your comedic timing.

At one time, "Wazzzzz Up!!!!!" was a great line. If you quote it now, you're Michael Scott.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:57 pm

Killian wrote:At one time, "Wazzzzz Up!!!!!" was a great line. If you quote it now, you're Michael Scott.

Last night, just saw the last two weeks. I'm surprised The Office is still making me laugh. Usually, these great comedies die out rather quickly. I know it is only season 3, but it is still going strong.

Rules of Engagement has a lot of potential too. Get this Christine shit off Mondaynights and give me back my RoE.