Ath Exavier Johnson

[Eric the Red]

Player: Exavier Johnson

Hometown: Lake Balboa, CA

Position: QB/WR

Height: 6’2”

Weight: 193

40 time: 4.61

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Scholarships offered: Nebraska

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Assessing the talent: Could play QB, WR, RB, DB, LB

 

Odds of becoming a Cornhusker: First to offer

[CowboyBob]

I've heard this kid is just a super athlete.

[NevadaHusker27]

http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=204&p=2&c=629001

 

Exavier Johnson, the 6-foot-3, 195 pound quarterback from Birmingham Senior High School in Van Nuys, Calif., said he already has scholarship offers from Nebraska and Ole Miss - but has his eyes set on the Golden Bears of Berkeley.

“I want to go to Cal,” said Johnson, firmly. “I have followed Cal for a long time. I like their program and their style of offense. They have had some great quarterbacks come out of there and I know I could bring a lot to the team.

 

"I haven’t been up there yet, but I’m planning on going to their camp on May 18. I’m going to stay up there for a couple of days just to check everything out. My friends have told me about how great the facilities are and how nice the campus is.”

 

Johnson, who recently transferred to Birmingham from Taft High School, says that he has been in contact with the California coaching staff, but hasn’t received an offer yet. “I haven’t talked to them much since I came to Birmingham,” he said. “I heard from them more when I was at Taft. They send me some stuff and I got a couple of text messages from them. When I go up there for camp, I’m going to show them that I really want to go there. I’m definitely going to make my presence known.

 

“I’m looking to stay in California. I don’t want to go too far from home. Cal is a perfect distance…it’s far, but still close. I really want to play in the Pac-10. All the teams are good. It’s a very competitive conference that offers a lot of challenges for a QB.”

 

Johnson, who had a stellar sophomore season, throwing for 3071 yards with 39 touchdowns, claims written offers from both Nebraska and Ole Miss. “Nebraska offered me the beginning of my junior year. I get a lot of text messages from them saying that they want me to come out for a visit. I'm going to go for sure, I just don’t know when yet. It’s pretty far away.

 

“Ole Miss offered me right before I came to Birmingham, like in the middle of January,” he said. “I just got a text from the offensive coordinator (Dan Werner) today. I think that’s who he was. I’m going to take an official (visit) out there probably this summer. The only thing is they are really far away.”

 

Oregon, Washington, USC, UCLA, Oregon State, Georgia Tech, and Illinois have also expressed interest in the southern California signal caller. “I have gotten a lot of stuff in the mail and text messages from them. Oregon has been recruiting me a lot. I like them too. USC is cool, but they have so many quarterbacks. I’d be like eighth in line. I’d never play.”

 

Johnson left Taft last semester after head coach Troy Starr wanted to move him from quarterback to linebacker. “He told me I wouldn’t make it as a QB in college…that I’d have a better shot at linebacker. That’s why I came to Birmingham. I said ‘if that’s how you feel, fine. But you’re not going to change my dream.’

 

“I play a lot like Vince Young, who’s my favorite player,” he said. “I’m a dual threat quarterback. I fast and I can run and throw. I can read my receivers really well.

 

“I want to work on my reading the defense a little better. My reaction time is pretty good, but I want to be able to think ahead of them.”

 

As a junior, Johnson threw for 1900 yards, 15 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He also rushed for 250 yards. He benches 235, squats 380 and power cleans 225.

 

He reports a 2.8 core GPA. He is taking the SAT for the first time on May 8.

[CowboyBob]

anyone who gets to see his vids pay attention t othe field. It looks as though its never been watered,,,ever! Everywhere they run, there is a cloud of dust where they just stepped. Its like something out of an old western movie.

[BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA]

So if Cal offers he's there's....

[Hunter94]

sounds to me like Cal may want him, but NOT to play QB and they know that is his first choice. when he goes to camp there in May, he better say the right things and consider the position they want him to play or his Cal dream may be over! he may have to make a choice between position and team, early on in this process.

[BIGREDIOWAN]

Kid sounds like a freakin stud!!!!

[MadcatNU]

i thought Cal had some of the worst facilities in the pac10? or am i thinking of Stanford?

 

not making any judgements of the guy, but Cal is a rather competitive academic enviornment. most who go to a place like Cal do so because academics is a high priority, while everything this kid says is about being a QB. i just wonder if he is aware of what he would be getting himself into in this regard, and the 2.8 GPA makes me wonder more. Can't blame him if he is, Cal is a good school.

[gamecocks]

I would love to have him come down for a game day experience but if he says that Cal is far away, I don't know how he will like the travel to Nebraska.

[huskerguy]

Would be awesome to get him in Nebraska on a visit before he goes to Cal so he can see our facilties and then go to Cal and be like "What the hell you guys call this a weight room?"

[HuskerJosh82]

That's a great idea.

[Ohio Pete]

So did Cal ever offer and are we still interested in this guy? Scout only shows offers from Miss and Nebraska, but it sounds like he only wants to play QB for Cal.

[chamrocck]

Linky:

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=ri...tory_recruiting

 

Has us ahead of Ole Miss. Thinks others will pick up interest when his SAT scores are in.

[HuskerKing130]

On rivals, it says he has high interest in Nebraska.

[BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA]

I read he broke his hand and missed the first three games of the season. He is splitting time at QB with the coach's son and also playing WR. In three games 10/21 162yd 1 td 1 int, 8 rush 57 yd, 1 td, 2 rec 41 yds