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The article suggests that Johnson could be underrated at #46.
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Ohio State and Michigan are listed amongst Micah's favorites.
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06-06-2005, 02:56 PM
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Oh GOSH! My job is so rewarding!!!
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Originally Posted by TheMile
Kentucky.com
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6/5/2005
Ohio State and Michigan are listed amongst Micah's favorites.
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Here is the article...
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UK FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK
Fort Campbell's Johnson says fans are in for surprise
TOP 50 PROSPECT THINKS HIS BROTHER WILL START AS FRESHMAN IN FALL
By Chip Cosby
HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER
<!-- begin body-content --> The University of Kentucky missed out on most of the big fish from the Bluegrass recruiting pond last February. Although the Cats landed Mr. Football Curtis Pulley, they watched most of the other top prospects head to either Louisville or out-of-state programs such as Michigan.
The 2006 in-state class is also a pretty good crop. The headliner is Fort Campbell senior Micah Johnson, a consensus Top 50 national prospect.
Johnson, in Lexington this weekend for the KHSAA State Track and Field Championships, already has an NFL-type body, carrying a chiseled 267 pounds on a 6-foot-2 frame with enough size and strength to play middle linebacker and enough mobility to excel in the backfield. He placed third in Class 2A in shot put on Friday after taking up the event two months ago.
"I think I did pretty good for my first year," he said. "I'm going to shoot for the gold next year."
Johnson, who has more than 30 scholarship offers, says he'll narrow his list of schools this summer. And while he declined to name a leader, he said UK is "one of my top choices." He also listed Michigan, Georgia, Penn State, Ohio State and Louisiana State as strong contenders.
One big advantage UK has is Johnson's older brother, Christian, who will be a freshman offensive lineman for the Wildcats this spring.
Kentucky is also recruiting another one of Johnson's brothers, Skip, a sophomore tight end/safety at Laney College in Oakland, Calif.
Johnson is from a military family and lived in Hawaii and Virginia before moving to Kentucky.
"I've kind of adopted Kentucky as my home state," he said.
Johnson said people who say that UK took Christian as part of an attempted package deal are in for a surprise. Christian Johnson, who is even bigger than Micah at 6-4, 315 pounds, spent last season prepping at Hargrave Military Institute inVirginia.
"I think he'll come in and start," Johnson said of his brother. "A lot of people don't understand how good he is. He was getting just as many offers as I was before he went to Hargrave. He's physical and uses his legs as well as any lineman I've seen."
Majority of freshmen to report in June
Under a new NCAA rule that allows schools to pay for incoming freshmen to enroll in summer school, Kentucky could have at least 12 of its 20 newcomers on campus this month, said Steve Hellyer, director of football operations.
Hellyer said the school must get each player certified by the NCAA Clearinghouse before he enrolls.
UK freshman-to-be Alfonso Smith will play in the Kentucky-Tennessee All-Star Game on June 17 and then head to Lexington on June 21 to begin summer classes.
"It helps you to come in, start lifting weights, and get used to taking college classes," Smith said. "That way you don't have to try and cram all that new stuff during two-a-days."
Pulley, who is expected to immediately take over backup quarterback duties, will be among those reporting in June.
Camps under way
The UK summer camp circuit is in full swing this month, with the Junior Wildcat Football Camp for 8- to 13-year-olds wrapping up this week.
Inclement weather and the state track meet forced much of the camp to be held in Nutter Field House, but Hellyer said that turned out to be a positive.
"The kids really loved the indoor; it makes them think they're playing in the Super Bowl," he said.
UK will hold its team passing camp next week, with the individual camp set to begin the week after the Kentucky-Tennessee All-Star Game.
Cutcliffe trying to get his health in order
David Cutcliffe resigned as offensive coordinator at Notre Dame last week, saying he hasn't recovered fully from recent triple-bypass surgery.
UK quarterbacks coach Kurt Roper, who was on Cutcliffe's staff at Mississippi, said he talked with Cutcliffe last week before he resigned and said Cutcliffe will take a year off, continue his rehabilitation and then re-evaluate whether to get back into coaching.
"He's doing a lot better; he's walking 30 minutes a day now," Roper said. "I just think it's a situation where he really doesn't want to have to go at it half-speed, and the truth is, he probably couldn't go at it half-speed. I think he wants to take a year off and see how he feels."
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From Rivals...Micah is rated the #1 player in Kentucky.
Something tells me is wasn't even close either...
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06-13-2005, 08:40 AM
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Micah has 32 offers and will camp at Kentucky this summer. He will narrow his list by summer's end and go from there.
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