FC: espn's Josh Moyer on PSU's Austin Johnson

[9fold]

See the link below for a good article on PSU's Austin Johnson. Johnson doesn't put up the numbers, but he wreaks havoc and gives others on the defense the opportunity to make the big plays. Johnson is an unsung hero and team player. It looks as though the NFL will take notice of his abilities.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post...-dt-austin-johnson-making-waves-at-penn-state

 

[Mister Magoo]

We've had a nice run on putting DT's into the NFL; Odrick, Still, Jordan Hill and DaQuan Jones. Now, Zettel and AJ. Let's hope that gets the attention of a certain DT from NJ and one from Philly. AJ is gonna make some cash. Good for him.

 

[LionFan96]

I was kind of worried when LJ Sr left that our dline production might fall off some as I believed he was the main driving force behind its success. I've been more than pleasantly surprised to see our dline is just as strong as ever, not only through 1 coaching change, but two.

 

[Mister Magoo]

I'm guessing our new S&C program is helping there. The recent guys were nowhere nearly as highly rated as Odrick and Still were out of high school. Yet, production hasn't slipped. We're getting good, hard-working kids there. And, it's working.

 

[sss]

I'm guessing our new S&C program is helping there. The recent guys were nowhere nearly as highly rated as Odrick and Still were out of high school. Yet, production hasn't slipped. We're getting good, hard-working kids there. And, it's working.

Zettel was a high 4-star coming out of HS (a 5.9). AJ was a 3-star. Before the guys mentioned by the original poster we had Alford, Kennedy, and Adams. Adams was a 3-star, and Hill was a 2-star. We probably have a better % of putting guys in the NFL with 2-stars and 3-stars than 4-stars (not a high number of 2-stars recruited). And I am not suggesting that we should gear our recruting that way. Just that PSU has established a pretty solid tradition of putting DTs in the NFL over the last decade. The old S&C conditioning program must have worked as well.