Speed is important as a WR but why people feel it's the end all is beyond me. If speed was the special technique and routes wouldn't be so important. I'll take the WR with good speed but is a killer route runner any day. This tape is very impressive
Who said speed is the end all? It's specifically become an issue at Miami, which it never should at this program, because we haven't landed breakaway speed at WR from our recruiting base in each of the last two years. Waters/Scott are gone after this year and Coley will be a senior once this class arrives. After that, where's the speed in our receiving core? Our roster is getting slower and slower, which is a serious problem at a program like ours where speed/explosiveness should always be a built-in advantage. Especially at the skill positions.
If our current WR commits stick, then that changes because Bruce and Richards are elite, Mullins is talented, and Henderson has plenty of physical tools. But there's a very real possibility of at least Bruce (UF) and/or Richards (Auburn) bolting if this season is the disappointment everyone expects.
Johnson looks like a nice fit at a program like Purdue. Reliable possession receiver with good hands. I don't see him as a Miami-caliber receiver and I don't see what seemingly everyone else in this thread does about this kid. I think we need to aim higher. Hope he kills it wherever he goes, though.
