Reply To: New offer for '17

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At first glance, I really like this young man. Although it would be incredible to find another Tim Kempton, Lehigh doesn’t need a big scoring presence in the middle. They have an abundance of scorers for the foreseeable future. I want a guy there who will create havoc defensively and is not afraid to grab rebounds. Johnson seems to fit that role.

ESPN rates him as the #52 C in the country and the #28 player in California.

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/204041/myles-johnson

Fullctpress has him ranked in the top 20 players in southern CA (11-20). We’ve done very well recently recruiting similarly ranked players from that area in Leufroy and Cohen.

I think his recruitment has been low for several reasons.
1.)Basketball recruitment peaks in the player’s junior year which was lost to the patella injury.
2.)He’s been very vocal about finding a school with high academics too particularly in engineering.
3.)When playing for a top tier program, players often have production stymied by the players in front of them. Cohen is a perfect example.