[cuppett777]

this is from owner of the astatenation.com...........
Stephen Johnson II



12/29/2015








Talked with his coach at College of the Desert and got some good info. Also talked with Stephen, who plans to visit on Jan. 14. That is one week before A-State has a big weekend of OVs for all the commits.
Johnson (6-3, 195) is a California kid who was spotted by Jack Steptoe, who wound up is juco coach at Desert. Steptoe said he called Doug Williams at Grambling after seeing the kid in a summer combine and could not believe no one had offered. Williams called back a day later and said he was going to offer.
He redshirted in 2013 (Williams last as coach) and played in 9 games as a RFr, hitting on 59 of 105 for 723 yards, 6 TDs and 4 Int. Also ran for 92 yards. He missed 3 games because on injury.
Felt he was not given an opportunity to win the starting job in spring 15 so he called Steptoe and said he was leaving. He committed to Desert in July and wound up starting all 10 games and posted some huge numbers. He was named conference offensive player of the year. He was 257-441-3210, 34 TDs and 7 Int. He also rushed for ran 126 times for 429 yards and 8 Tds. And he caught 1 pass for 22 yards. Five of his 7 Ints came in the first 3 games.
Steptoe said they ran wide open hurry up offense with lots of "moving parts like Oregon."
The coach loves the kid and said he is smart and "he's 20. He is a man and he leads by example. He is a do-er."
He added at the end of the year they were a different team. Team finished in a 3-way tie for conf title but lost on tiebreaker so he had no bowl game.
"People don't know about Stephen because he did not get here until late. He is flying under the radar."

Johnson
He said he started talking with A-State coaches last week and coach Anderson called last night with the offer. He is a mid-year guy. "I've been doing my research and I love the way they play. It is very similar to what we did here."
At Ranco Cucamonga in HS he ran the spread offense.
Said he is very interested in the Red Wolves and is somewhat familiar with Arkansas (at least the southern part) since he played at Grambling. will visit Astate Jan 14th

like I said he backed it up on Monday on the radio........