'Three-star linebacker Brennan Johnson' is now an inaccurate phrase. Johnson spoke with Spartan Nation about the effect it has had on his recruitment -- as of now and for the future.
Highland Springs' Brennan Johnson is a three-star recruit, per 247Sports, but his listed position of linebacker is now outdated.
Johnson played linebacker his entire high school career -- until this season. Johnson will be switching to defensive back -- same as his coach and father, Loren, who played at Virginia Tech in the mid-to-late 1990s, and his brother, Braylon, who is currently at VT. The switch has caused a bit of a stir in Johnson's recruitment.
"So far in my recruiting process, there has been ups and downs at times I would say," Johnson told Spartan Nation. "Early in my process I was getting recruited to play the linebacker position. More recenlty I've been recruited to play defensive back -- whether that be nickel or safety. Just because of how my body has turned out.
"A lot of schools are seeing me as a safety body, so I might get into the season through my first three games and I might just skyrocket," Johnson said. "A coach came in and told me that -- 'You're gonna skyrocket after your first three games because you can actually show these people that you're playing safety. Because a lot of coaches come in and they're very hesitant -- because all my high school film is linebacker film.
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