I wasn’t super interested in being an actor or anything like that. Johnson said he wanted to “keep the main thing the main thing and that was football,’’ adding, “My goals were very clear to me. The director kept asking me to be the featured guy and I wasn’t really interested in it.’’ “A lot of people don’t know I was supposed to have a bigger role on that show. “I didn’t know was actually going be at Independence when I had chosen to go there,’’ Johnson said. Johnson revealed on Friday that he actually resisted the publicity the Netflix series wanted to draw him into, and that he has never even watched the show. There’s no give-up in Johnson, which - when coupled with the talent - would seem to make him the ideal draft pick.Īdd in the fact Johnson doesn’t give a damn about his brand - as too many young athletes fall into the trap and let distract them from what they do best - and Johnson is a coach’s dream. “A lot of people who’ve been through that, they would have given up.’’ 4 overall draft pick Ahmad “Sauce’’ Gardner said Friday. “I feel like that’s made me like him even more, knowing he’s been through so much and he just kept going,’’ Jets No. Jermaine Johnson had amazing moment with Jets fans at 2022 NFL Draft That Johnson is at the next level, given his path, is testament to his resolve. Saleh and the Jets, who produced just 33 sacks in 2021, sure hope that translates to the next level. APĭraft experts believe the 6-foot-5, 265-pound defensive end was the most polished pass rusher in this year’s class. He wanted to make a difference.’’ Jets’ Jermaine Johnson (center) poses for a picture with fellow first rounders Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner and Garrett Wilson. “When he came here, we talked and I told him I didn’t want this to be just a place for him to improve his draft status, that it was an opportunity to make an impact,’’ Norvell said. Norvell referenced the 0-4 start FSU had this past season, which included three losses in the final seconds, and how Johnson was the glue that kept the younger players together en route to a 5-3 finish. He was here for a year, but he made an impact that’s going to last well beyond his days here physically with the way he invested in his teammates.’’ “The path has formed the man,’’ Florida State head coach Mike Norvell told The Post Friday night. Johnson transferred to Georgia, where he hoped to pave a path to the NFL, but his playing time was unsatisfactory so he transferred again, to Florida State, where he became a quarterback assassin this past season with 70 tackles (17.5 for a loss) and 11.5 sacks. That path began at a place called Independence Community College in Independence, Kan., where the school was featured in a Netflix series titled “Last Chance U’’ while Johnson was on the team in 2017-18. Jets take Jermaine Johnson after 2022 NFL Draft trade I couldn’t be more excited about my path.’’ Jermaine Johnson II Bill Kostroun But I wouldn’t want it any other way, because it truly created the man that’s sitting here in front of you. “It wasn’t a clean-cut, cookie-cutter way to get here. “You see the transfers,’’ Johnson said Friday from the Jets facility while meeting the local media for the first time. You had better believe Jets head coach Robert Saleh and defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich are jumping out of their skin in anticipation to coach this kid. You don’t persevere the path Johnson did unless desire is your middle name. Johnson’s arduous journey from high school in Minnesota to junior college in Kansas to big-time college ball in Georgia and finally to Florida State before the Jets plucked him out of the first round with the 26th overall pick they wrested from the Titans in a trade tells you all you need to know about him. The 23-year-old native of Eden Prairie, Minn., whom the Jets doggedly chased for about a third of Thursday night’s 2022 NFL Draft first round, doesn’t come across as an athlete who takes a lot for granted. Whenever the green-and-white uniform is donned for the first time for the first minicamp practices that morph into training camp, preseason and then the regular season, it’s difficult to imagine the Jets having to worry about effort from Jermaine Johnson II. Why Rangers-Devils Game 7 result is so hard to predict Devils 'had the most fun' as Rangers' massive expectations shatter in Game 7 lossĬurtis Lazar helping Devils while being separated from family: 'Eats at me'ĭevils trust their 'mood' will help them oust Rangers in Game 7
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