so LSU starting qb (4*) Max Johnson who's the son of former NFL player Brad Johnson has entered the portal after throwing for 27 TDs for the tigers this year. Where many of our fans have their hopes up for some portal QBs from out west this kid calls home just up the road in Athens hopefully we give the kid a phone call in the next few days as we did offer him during his recruitment.
Max Johnson LSU starting QB in the portal
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Hell, he’s probably better than what Georgia has right now.
Then he'd fit right in with our QB room!!
27 Td with 6 Ints isnt all that bad with 60% completion...especially considering how much that team struggled plus he is only a Soph and was his first full year.
You gotta watch the games. He never really established himself as the guy at LSU. Too inconsistent, especially in their losses. The Bama and Arkansas games in particular. He got benched in the Arky game.
We have to take at least one guy in the portal or it’s a huge failure. Personally, I’d rather see a guy like Johnson with the potential than taking a guy from St Francis again.
we should contact every D-1 QB prospect and get the best one that wants to play at SC. Our QB’s were awful this season.
The kid is very solid mechanically, very smart, mobile, very good looking player. He could help us.
His brother also decommitted LSU - 4star tight end. Seems that they still want to play at the same school. https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...vLBl2Gw1T6h2eWoJANDTw5tWdwxbt8n_T2LfuEMinlPhU
Both kids would be an upgrade to our roster.
I hope Beamer has one of them-there alerts setup, where he gets an email every time a new player enters the portal
Frankly, any QB in the portal would be an upgrade. Not to say they’re all great, but we have major deficiencies at the position. We can’t get a whole new OL but a better QB can make the OL look some better.,
We are pursuing both brothers hard.
Why would Johnson go to Clemson when they already have a 5-star committed for this class? And why would Clemson want him....other than as a backup?
That's what I thought. Thought Clemson looked at the portal as they looked at JUCOs.
Just like with the NIL backtracking, he'll weasel his way into another "What I meant was..." revision.
Depth mainly and competition. Klubnik is the #1 QB in this class but will still a true freshman. DJU is currently the only scholarship QB at Clemson now that Puma is leaving. Need another QB, especially with experience. DJU could also eventually transfer. Brad Johnson has close ties with some of Clemson's staff.
Generally yes, but times have changed and Dabo is changing with them. Don't expect wholesale portal activity though
Clemson lol. They don't even know if they'll have an OC in the next 48 hours or AD. I seriously doubt he'll be going to a place with that much of the unknown.
Heck, take all the QBs who want to play at USC. That's unfortunately a pretty limited number I would imagine.
This all makes sense from Clemson's perspective, but I don't think it makes much sense from the players perspective.
I'd take Stetson Bennett over Max Johnson. There's no point in any quarterback coming here unless he's prepared to run for his life.
Yes and no. I say its for depth but in reality he could come in and compete against a true freshman and DJ who obviously has really struggled. Its a wide open position battle in reality.
100%. I don't expect us to be able to land a guy like Spencer Rattler, but I certainly hope we can do better than an FCS transfer.
The Johnson boys to Clemson really makes little sense, why leave LSU as the starter to go compete at Clemson
?. Clemson also has # 1 QB in nation coming in. Clemson already has a TE in Sapp as well committed.Hunter Helms is still there right? Maybe he gets a scholarship as QB # 3.
I don't think Max was still the starter. I know he was benched against Arky. He is not a world beater but he is very sound technically as you would expect. He is not very mobile however (like his Dad). It would be worth it to get the younger brother who will be a beast TE.The Johnson boys to Clemson really makes little sense, why leave LSU as the starter to go compete at Clemson
Hunter Helms is still there right? Maybe he gets a scholarship as QB # 3.
Hunter Helms is still there and will probably get a scholarship. Will Taylor is there as well but he played QB out of necessity this year before tearing his ACL. He is slot receiver moving forward. Clemson currently has 14 scholarships to give in addition to the recruits currently committed so there is plenty of room.
He started the last 2 games, vs ULM and Texas A&M and a bunch of other games this year
With Johnson gone, LSU has only one scholarship quarterback remaining: former four-star prospect Garrett Nussmeier, a true freshman who has appeared in four games this season.
If they play Nussmeier in the Texas Bowl, he would lose the ability to redshirt this season, costing him a year of eligibility. I don't think they have choice now their starting QB is transferring.
He is a tater, and has admitted as much. I’m wondering if he isn’t Rodney Williams, considering he has bud(Budweiser) in his username 😂.
Running for your life is underrated, it's an impotant part of success for us here. Just wait until next year, as we've been saying for many decades now.
Hell, he’s better than what we have right now too, and his brother is a monster TE . Let’s go after the both of them.
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