Can anybody report on Cody Johnson?

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baoklhorn

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Noticed that mvplonnghorn said in his practice post that Cody Johnson "looked like a TANK".

Just wondering if someone else can embellish on that statement or can give us any other ideas on his performance.

We know that its been said that;

A. He can be a tailback in a short yardage situation.

B. Play in a one back formation

c. And of course play fullback in rotation with Luke Tieman.

We also know he is coming off injury from last year and that he ran for 9.9 ypc his last two years in HS.

Also its been said that he is bulked up to 5'11" at 260 lbs. WOW!

So that gives a fairly short guy that defenses have a harder time locating behind the O-line. [remember what Quentin Griffin did to us earlier in this decade]? Now the man from Waller can return the favor.

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I was real suprised he didn't play some last year since we didn't have any big guys in the backfield once Melton went to defensive side of the ball.

Looking forward to seeing what he can do behind the BIG OL we will have this year!!

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I'm a little worried based on what happened the last time we were all ooing and aaaing over a running back based on his sheer size before he played against anybody.
 
Stat, I will be the first to admit I ooed and aahhed over Melton and realized how wrong I was after the first qtr. '06 KSU.

But this guys nickname is not HEMI and I am hoping we have somebody that will run with power and reckless abandon ala Butch Hadnot. Maybe this is that guy. He has physical tools, but does he have "want to" and does he "bleed burnt orange"?
 
Not to be argumentative, but how do we "know" what Cody can do since he hasn't ever played a game at the college level?

If the only qualifiers are size and speed then Henry Melton should be the replacement for Charles shouldn't he?
 
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Glad to see you knew I was just giving you a hard time


I'd like to know as well, and in addition, I'd like to know why is he fat?
 
"ate too much" is my guess, because yes, he looked to be on the Jorvorskie Lane training plan. not anywhere near as big, but the belly was prominent. really bummed me out as i've been crying for a big rb and he was my guy.
 
Just for the hell of it I'm gonna give Henry Melton some props for handling two pooch kickoffs by USC. He was part of a darn near perfect night
 
We should have a pretty good idea after spring practice how Johnson will fit into the O picture, at least going into August camp. FB, RB, short yardage specialist, etc. Hopefully the weight gain has not limited his speed or agility. He might be the answer to the Henry Melton experiment.
 
I'm thinking that new coach has a better than average grasp for the game.
Any lack of personal experience as a running back, would be compensated for by excessive study and conferences with a guy he knew that brought some nice hardware to the 40 acres.
 
I think the real question here is how someone with the name "Cody" slipped through the fingers of aggy and landed here on The 40 Acres. I mean, next we'll have a Kyle or Travis on our squad. It's a crazy world!
 
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"I think the real question here is how someone with the name "Cody" slipped through the fingers of aggy and landed here on The 40 Acres. I mean, next we'll have a Kyle or Travis on our squad. It's a crazy world!"


Yeah, or a Bucky, Todd or Dustin...
 
Just thought I would move this up to show what some of you, [experts], scratch that, guys thought about Cody a few months ago.


I told you Cody would be awesome and you have not seen the tip of the iceberg with him.


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