Will Johnson has been classified n ° 9 and evaluated as the second best corner half on Big bosses of Yahoo Sports for the draft of the NFL 2025. (He was the best pure corner of the board with Travis Hunter considered a two -way player.)
Anticipating Michigan The defensive back would be a leading choice, Johnson was Among the guest players To Green Bay for the draft, assuming that he would walk on stage, be welcomed by the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, and would hold the team of the team which drafted him for a photo opportunity.
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However, Johnson fell from the first round and 15 choices in the second round, where he was finally drafted with the n ° 47 selection by the Arizona cardinals Friday.
Johnson only played in six games for Wolverines last season due to an injury to the toe of the lawn. But the concerns about his knee are what made the teams pass to the second around, According to Adam Schefter d'Espn.
When he played in 2024, Johnson has always had an impact. He returned his two interceptions for the affected, made a tackle for the loss and compiled 14 plated in total with five shortcomings. During her three seasons at Ann Arbor, Johnson collected nine interceptions (three of them returned for TDS) with 68 plated in total in 32 games.
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At 6 feet 1 inch and 194 pounds, it is considered the ideal size for half a corner of the NFL, capable of physically managing the receivers while sticking near them in the area and the cover of the man. Like Nate Tice and Charles McDonald have detailed in Their screening report for Yahoo SportsJohnson has no exceptional speed (and did not perform a 40 yards dash during the pre-Rôti process) but compensates for this with the technique.
“Johnson does not have a long -speed elite, and his physique is more” ok “than” good “, but it is a fluid athlete that is not done in bad positions because of his ability to turn and run and close on football. There will be questions on the incoherent level of Johnson 2024 and his injury story that the teams are, but he has the side of the real n ° 1.
Joining the cardinals also means that Johnson is now teammates with Marvin Harrison Jr., with whom he fought in two Michigan-Ohio State Clashes. (Harrison made the match very well, marking 12 combined receptions for 238 yards and two affected.)
On social networksArizona noted that the opponents were now part of the same team, sharing an Instagram story by Harrison showing that there is no resentment between the ancient rivals. Both can now spend the next seasons at least by paying friendly bets in public games in the media.
