Texas A&M Lands Highly Prized 4-Star In-State OLB Devodrick Johnson

Written by Ryan Wright

Twitter: @HogManInLA

The Aggies’ recruiting machine continued to march forward through the summer months landing another high-profile recruit on Thursday when in-state athlete Devodrick Johnson verbally committed to Texas A&M.

Johnson started attracting national attention with Kimball High School during his junior season. The 6’1”, 210 pound, athlete lined up at quarterback and linebacker for the Dallas area school. The Knights went 6-5 with against tough Texas 5A competition with Johnson doing his all to help his team to the UIL playoffs.

With the high level of play, collegiate teams took notice of Johnson’s athleticism. Texas A&M kept Johnson away from teams extending a scholarship like Arizona, Houston, Texas Tech, SMU, Oklahoma State, North Texas, Kansas, Purdue, Illinois, Missouri, and Mississippi State. The Aggies offered on May 19 landing Johnson’s committed during an unofficial visit on July 14.

Johnson went national with his commitment via Twitter posting:

Since May, Texas A&M has been hot on the recruiting trail landing 13 verbal commitments to the 2017 class. The overall haul now has 18 pledges with seven recruits ranked at a four-star level by 247Sports.

Texas A&M 2017 Verbal Commitment List (18)

SS Derrick Tucker, 6-2, 194, Manvel HS, Manvel, TX

CB Myles Jones, 6-4, 175, Magnolia West HS, Magnolia, TX

CB Devin Morris, 6-0, 175, Caldwell HS, Caldwell, TX

LB/ATH Devodrick Johnson, 6-1, 210, Kimball HS, Dallas, TX

LB Santino Marchiol, 6-2, 222, IMG Academy, Bradenton, FL

OC Creed Humphrey, 6-4, 300, Shawnee HS, Shawnee, OK

OT Carson Green, 6-5, 250, Southlake Carrol HS, Southlake, TX

OT Grayson Reed, 6-5, 295, Cypress Creek HS, Houston, TX

OT Adrian Wolford, 6-5, 310, Meeker HS, Meeker, OK

TE Keynel McZeal, 6-3, 224, Port Neches-Groves, Port Neches, TX

RB Travis Etienne, 5-11, 200, Jennings HS, Jennings, LA

QB Connor Blumrick, 6-6, 203, Pearland HS, Pearland, TX

QB Kellen Mond, 6-2.5, 201, IMG Academy, Bradenton, FL

QB/WR Roshauud Paul, 6-0, 170, Bremond HS, Bremond, TX

WR Camron Buckley, 6-1, 186, Cedar Hill HS, Cedar Hill, TX

ATH Keldrick Carper, 6-3, 185, Plain Dealing HS, Plain Dealing, LA

ATH Camron Horry, 6-5, 261, Taylor HS, Katy, TX

ATH Debione Renfro, 6-2, 180, Pearland HS, Pearland, TX

 

Photo credit: campusinsiders.com; Devodrick Johnson.