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BigthickThaddeus_gibson09
Your favorite forgotten pass rusher
This dude definitely profiles as a darron lee/ Ryan shazier/ Malik Harrison esque outside linebacker
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Akron Rick
Heisman
Johnson's quote..." Just hope he makes the best out of it...His life, his choice".
source..11W
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Just sayin': I really like the commitments participating actively in the recruitment of other players, etc.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
THE HURRY-UP: JAYLEN JOHNSON AND JAYDEN BALLARD’S “FRIENDSHIP IS BIGGER THAN THIS GAME,” BUCKEYES OFFER FLORIDA DT, ARMANI WINFIELD TOP-NINE LIST
The Hurry-Up is your nightly dose of updates from the Ohio State football recruiting trail, keeping tabs on the latest from commits and targets from around the country.
“OUR FRIENDSHIP IS BIGGER THAN THIS GAME”
In the middle of a heated bout between two teams clawing at their chance to win a coveted state championship, Jayden Ballard walked over to help out a guy he didn’t yet know was going to be his future teammate.
Ballard, whose Massillon Washington team was trailing Cincinnati La Salle in the second half of a 2019 Division II state championship game it would eventually lose 34-17, still took time to go check on La Salle defensive back/linebacker Jaylen Johnson when Johnson went down with a minor injury.
“It all started with me catching a cramp and him coming to help me up. That’s where we started becoming real good friends at, and after that the rest was history,” Johnson told Eleven Warriors.
That interview with us came after Johnson’s La Salle team dropped a heartbreaking 14-10 game to Ballard’s Tigers on Friday night, as Johnson and Co. bowed out of the season in the Division II state semifinals at the hands of the Tigers’ comeback in the final minutes.
The loss mattered to Johnson, obviously. But not when it came to how tight he is with Ballard.
As the Tigers enjoyed the semifinal victory with celebratory pushups, Johnson waited patiently for them to enjoy the moment and wait for Ballard before the two conducted a jersey swap near midfield. It was Part II in the series between the two future Buckeye teammates, with Ballard and Co. exacting a bit of revenge for the 2019 title bout, and it was a culmination of a friendship that really took off last November.
“That’s my guy. He’s always gonna be my guy,” Johnson said. “We’ve got a real good bond. Our friendship is bigger than this game, win or loss. I hope they go win state.
“It all started with the state championship last year and then I committed to Ohio State. We had that Buckeye Bash and we have the Buckeye group chat, and we talk every day so that bond is still there."
Now that his season is over, Johnson wants Ballard’s to get polished off the right way – with the Tigers finally tasting a state championship after reaching the title game for a third consecutive year.
(I want them to) beat Hoban like they did last year,” Johnson said. “They are the best team in Ohio, numbers wise, for every year the past 50 years. So they need the ring. I want them to go get the ring and feel special like me.”
As for what the future holds for the defensive recruit Johnson and offensive recruit Ballard, Johnson says that they talk “almost every day” about what it’s going to be like when they face each other in Ohio State uniforms in practice. It’s an iron-sharpens-iron type of deal that won’t be anything like they have faced at the high school level.
“This doesn’t prepare us for Ohio State,” Johnson said. “Our offensive receivers are deadly. You have to pick your poison.”
Soon enough, Ballard will be part of that poison picking, and he’ll have all the respect in the world from Johnson.
“One thing is he can go deep,” Johnson said. “If he goes deep, you better hope you can jump because if you don’t, you’re gonna be on a highlight reel.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...dship-is-bigger-than-this-game-buckeyes-offer
The Hurry-Up is your nightly dose of updates from the Ohio State football recruiting trail, keeping tabs on the latest from commits and targets from around the country.
“OUR FRIENDSHIP IS BIGGER THAN THIS GAME”
In the middle of a heated bout between two teams clawing at their chance to win a coveted state championship, Jayden Ballard walked over to help out a guy he didn’t yet know was going to be his future teammate.
Ballard, whose Massillon Washington team was trailing Cincinnati La Salle in the second half of a 2019 Division II state championship game it would eventually lose 34-17, still took time to go check on La Salle defensive back/linebacker Jaylen Johnson when Johnson went down with a minor injury.
“It all started with me catching a cramp and him coming to help me up. That’s where we started becoming real good friends at, and after that the rest was history,” Johnson told Eleven Warriors.
That interview with us came after Johnson’s La Salle team dropped a heartbreaking 14-10 game to Ballard’s Tigers on Friday night, as Johnson and Co. bowed out of the season in the Division II state semifinals at the hands of the Tigers’ comeback in the final minutes.
The loss mattered to Johnson, obviously. But not when it came to how tight he is with Ballard.
As the Tigers enjoyed the semifinal victory with celebratory pushups, Johnson waited patiently for them to enjoy the moment and wait for Ballard before the two conducted a jersey swap near midfield. It was Part II in the series between the two future Buckeye teammates, with Ballard and Co. exacting a bit of revenge for the 2019 title bout, and it was a culmination of a friendship that really took off last November.
“That’s my guy. He’s always gonna be my guy,” Johnson said. “We’ve got a real good bond. Our friendship is bigger than this game, win or loss. I hope they go win state.
“It all started with the state championship last year and then I committed to Ohio State. We had that Buckeye Bash and we have the Buckeye group chat, and we talk every day so that bond is still there."
Now that his season is over, Johnson wants Ballard’s to get polished off the right way – with the Tigers finally tasting a state championship after reaching the title game for a third consecutive year.
(I want them to) beat Hoban like they did last year,” Johnson said. “They are the best team in Ohio, numbers wise, for every year the past 50 years. So they need the ring. I want them to go get the ring and feel special like me.”
As for what the future holds for the defensive recruit Johnson and offensive recruit Ballard, Johnson says that they talk “almost every day” about what it’s going to be like when they face each other in Ohio State uniforms in practice. It’s an iron-sharpens-iron type of deal that won’t be anything like they have faced at the high school level.
“This doesn’t prepare us for Ohio State,” Johnson said. “Our offensive receivers are deadly. You have to pick your poison.”
Soon enough, Ballard will be part of that poison picking, and he’ll have all the respect in the world from Johnson.
“One thing is he can go deep,” Johnson said. “If he goes deep, you better hope you can jump because if you don’t, you’re gonna be on a highlight reel.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...dship-is-bigger-than-this-game-buckeyes-offer
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