-
Follow us on Twitter @buckeyeplanet and @bp_recruiting, like us on Facebook! Enjoy a post or article, recommend it to others! BP is only as strong as its community, and we only promote by word of mouth, so share away!
- Thread starter MD Buckeye
- Start date
mendensa
Legend
lol. True. I'm sure they probably gave him a fruit of his choice, or that he liked, to get the needed calories.
As calculated as his food intake regimen looks to be, I would guess there was a pre-screen of the foods he currenty eats, likes, and dislikes to make the necessary changes to his diet more palatable. At some point along the way there had to have been a conversation about how he views pinapple....lol. Could be wrong though.
Upvote
0
ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Paris Johnson ‘would like to compete to start as a freshman’
It’s extremely rare for a true freshman to earn a starting spot on the offensive line at Ohio State.
Michael Jordan did it as a guard in 2016. Before that, it was the great Orlando Pace who started every game during his freshman season of 1994.
It requires an unusual blend of physical and mental development to even see the field in your first year as a college player, let alone earn a starting spot.
However, Paris Johnson isn’t letting that discourage him.
The 6-foot-7, 290 lb freshman tackle is already close to college-ready physically. His combination of size and quickness made him the top prospect at his position in the 2020 recruiting class, and the No. 9 player in the nation overall.
But his preparation and drive are what stand out to OSU’s assistant athletic director for football sports performance Mickey Marotti.
“He’s been training at a level since he was in eighth grade differently than, some of the other linemen. It’s just all different,” Marotti said in January, after getting to see Johnson during winter workouts.
That’s just what the freshman wants people to see when they look at him.
“My expectations right now for this offseason and these winter workouts is that I want to come in, and I want to be known as one of the hardest-working people,” Johnson said.
The path to early playing time on the offensive line is never easy for a freshman, but it’s not impossible. The Buckeyes lost starting right tackle Branden Bowen and top reserve Josh Alabi to graduation. Starting left tackle Thayer Munford is back, as are Nick Petit-Frere, Dawand Jones, and Max Wray, among others.
Winning a spot on the two-deep is doable, and but Johnson said he’s aiming even higher. He wants to earn a starting role.
“I would like to. I get in the playbook enough and I work hard enough, I show the coaches that I’m ready to play and I go out there when it’s time to put the pads on, and I show that I’m ready to compete,” Johnson said. “I would like to compete to start as a freshman, God willing. But in the end, I just want to be on the field as much as possible in any way I can help this team get where you want to be.”
Johnson isn’t under any illusions about what that would involve. He went straight to the source: the last Buckeye offensive lineman to start from day one as a true freshman.
“I talked to Michael Jordan a lot about that. He told me that I can be the next one to do it,” Johnson said. “I just have to go out there and just put in the work to do it.”
“I can’t come in with that ‘next year mindset,’ that I’m going to be a backup guy this year and next year is my time. I can’t come in with that. I gotta come in here with the mindset, ‘I want to take somebody’s job’, because then that’s how I’m gonna work the hardest. Not try to work like a freshman, but work like an older guy.”
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2020/02/paris-johnson-would-like-to-compete-to-start-as-a-freshman/
It’s extremely rare for a true freshman to earn a starting spot on the offensive line at Ohio State.
Michael Jordan did it as a guard in 2016. Before that, it was the great Orlando Pace who started every game during his freshman season of 1994.
It requires an unusual blend of physical and mental development to even see the field in your first year as a college player, let alone earn a starting spot.
However, Paris Johnson isn’t letting that discourage him.
The 6-foot-7, 290 lb freshman tackle is already close to college-ready physically. His combination of size and quickness made him the top prospect at his position in the 2020 recruiting class, and the No. 9 player in the nation overall.
But his preparation and drive are what stand out to OSU’s assistant athletic director for football sports performance Mickey Marotti.
“He’s been training at a level since he was in eighth grade differently than, some of the other linemen. It’s just all different,” Marotti said in January, after getting to see Johnson during winter workouts.
That’s just what the freshman wants people to see when they look at him.
“My expectations right now for this offseason and these winter workouts is that I want to come in, and I want to be known as one of the hardest-working people,” Johnson said.
The path to early playing time on the offensive line is never easy for a freshman, but it’s not impossible. The Buckeyes lost starting right tackle Branden Bowen and top reserve Josh Alabi to graduation. Starting left tackle Thayer Munford is back, as are Nick Petit-Frere, Dawand Jones, and Max Wray, among others.
Winning a spot on the two-deep is doable, and but Johnson said he’s aiming even higher. He wants to earn a starting role.
“I would like to. I get in the playbook enough and I work hard enough, I show the coaches that I’m ready to play and I go out there when it’s time to put the pads on, and I show that I’m ready to compete,” Johnson said. “I would like to compete to start as a freshman, God willing. But in the end, I just want to be on the field as much as possible in any way I can help this team get where you want to be.”
Johnson isn’t under any illusions about what that would involve. He went straight to the source: the last Buckeye offensive lineman to start from day one as a true freshman.
“I talked to Michael Jordan a lot about that. He told me that I can be the next one to do it,” Johnson said. “I just have to go out there and just put in the work to do it.”
“I can’t come in with that ‘next year mindset,’ that I’m going to be a backup guy this year and next year is my time. I can’t come in with that. I gotta come in here with the mindset, ‘I want to take somebody’s job’, because then that’s how I’m gonna work the hardest. Not try to work like a freshman, but work like an older guy.”
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2020/02/paris-johnson-would-like-to-compete-to-start-as-a-freshman/
Upvote
0
ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
As a 4.0 student who’s fluent in Mandarin Chinese and decided to start his own foundation while in high school, he was a bit different from some football-focused recruits.
In his recruitment, he had become enamored with Urban Meyer, making an “instant connection” with the head coach, and loved what the rest of Ohio State’s football program offered. So with an eye to the future, he committed in the summer before his junior year of high school on June 28, 2018. His mother, who grew up in Detroit as a Michigan State fan, and her family, which was split between Michigan and Michigan State, threw out all their gear and outfitted themselves in Ohio State garb.
Meyer’s sudden retirement six months later, as his mother termed, “pulled the rug from up under” them.
“We had to kind of take a step back and reevaluate, but we wanted to remain committed,” Monica said.
“I'm glad we did remain committed because it allowed us to get to know not just Buckeye Nation, but it gave us an opportunity to get to know coach Ryan Day,” Monica said. “And he's a phenomenal human being.”
Upvote
0
