Gamecocks add LB Fred Johnson to the 2024 class

[FeatheredCock]

Gamecocks add LB Fred Johnson to the 2024 class​

SPORTSTALK / June 17, 2023
3 star LB Fred Johnson (6-3 225) of Norfolk, VA announced Saturday a commitment to USC. Johnson made an official visit with the Gamecocks last weekend after attending the first Shane Beamer Camp session of the month. He scratched plans for an official visit to Virginia Tech next weekend after deciding to commit to Beamer’s program.

Johnson also had offers from Duke, Maryland, Temple, Rutgers, Liberty, Charlotte, Connecticut, Appalachian State and others.

Johnson has been a rising prospect in recruiting circles. He’s also a receiver at Maury High School but has put on some weight and grown into a linebacker prospect without losing any speed. He reportedly turned in a 4.54 time in a 40-yard dash clocking at the USC camp.

Johnson is the second linebacker commitment for the class joining William Gregory of Marietta, GA, and he’s the 11th commitment overall. His commitment also represents the second of the three commitment alerts Beamer tweeted during the week following the official visits.

 

[Spur's Addiction]

Will be good to get him out of that uringe...

 

[kingofnerf]

Feathered is doing great work on the recruiting class threads. Once you put everyone all together in one bucket, you see how much hope we have for the future. Johnson is the only 3* in the 2024 class so far.

Pos.	Name	Stars	State/City	Ht.	Wt.	Date
QB	Dante Reno		Fiskdale, MA	6-1	215lbs	07/02/22
OT	Kam Pringle		Woodland, SC	6-7	331lbs	01/22/23
TE	Michael Smith		Savannah, GA	6-4	225lbs	01/24/23
LB	Wendell Gregory		Marietta, GA.	6-4	220lbs	01/27/23
WR	Mazeo Bennett		Greenville, SC	6-0	165lbs	02/03/23
OT	Blake Franks		Greenville, SC	6-6	310lbs	03/31/23
OT	Josiah Thompson		Dillon, SC	6-7	290lbs	04/14/23
Punter	Mason Love		Parkville, MO	6-0	175lbs	06/12/23
SAF	Kelvin Hunter		West Florence, SC	6-1	185lbs	04/19/23
CB	Braydon Lee		Springdale, MD	6-1	215lbs	04/19/23
LB	Fred Johnson		Norfolk, VA	6-3	225lbs	06/17/23

If we have another 7- or 8-win season this year while being consistently ranked, we could easily see the number of 4/5* players double.

 

[Powercock]

Good size and speed, should be able to pack on another 10-15lbs. easy.

 

[FurmanCock]

Will be good to get him out of that uringe...

Do it for the kids!