Was listening to the Yahoo College Football Enquirer and one of their stories was on a former player from Kentucky named Dennis Johnson... Check out this kids HS Resume... read carefully... and imagine the noise this guy would bring in recruiting! He would have crashed Rivals sites!
High School: Six-year starter in the defensive line and a five-year regular in the offensive line at Harrodsburg (Ky.) HS … National Player of the Year as chosen by Sports Illustrated, the Touchdown Club of Atlanta, and recruiting analyst Tom Lemming … National Defensive Player of the Year by USA Today, The Sporting News and Parade magazine … First-team All-America by Parade … Regional Player of the Year by the Gatorade Circle of Champions … Won the ?Mr. Football? Award and the Johnny Unitas/Frank Camp Award from the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame as the player of the year in Kentucky … Also the Kentucky Player of the Year by USA Today and Ale 8 One/Kentucky Coaches …
Senior season statistics include 150 total tackles, including 37 tackles for loss and 18 quarterback sacks … Also punted for a 39.2-yard average …
Had an amazing and unusual career …
Played his first high school game when he was in the second grade … Also played some in third grade, then a rule was passed banning elementary students from playing on the high school level …
Returned to the high school field in seventh grade … Became the first eighth-grader in Kentucky history to be named first-team all-state, an honor he earned five consecutive years …
All totaled, he played in eight high school seasons … During his last six varsity seasons, he amassed 521 tackles, 76 sacks, 140 tackles for loss, 42 fumbles caused, 25 fumble recoveries, and 19 blocked kicks … Also had 200 pancake blocks as an offensive lineman …
Harrodsburg HS reached the state finals in Class A his senior and junior seasons … Harrodsburg went to the state semifinals the previous three years … Coached by his father, Alvis Johnson … Also a standout in basketball and track …
Played five seasons of varsity basketball and won all-district, all-area, and all-region honors three times … Five-year letterman on the track team … Has won three state championships in the shot put, two state titles in the discus throw, and one state championship in the triple jump … Also a one-year regional champ in the high jump and has placed fifth in the state in the long jump … In 1996, Dennis and Derrick Johnson became the first brothers to be named first-team all-state in Kentucky in the same season …
Honor Roll student who was also involved with Beta Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the student council … Dennis chose Kentucky over Notre Dame, Florida, Miami (Fla.), and Colorado.
High School: Six-year starter in the defensive line and a five-year regular in the offensive line at Harrodsburg (Ky.) HS … National Player of the Year as chosen by Sports Illustrated, the Touchdown Club of Atlanta, and recruiting analyst Tom Lemming … National Defensive Player of the Year by USA Today, The Sporting News and Parade magazine … First-team All-America by Parade … Regional Player of the Year by the Gatorade Circle of Champions … Won the ?Mr. Football? Award and the Johnny Unitas/Frank Camp Award from the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame as the player of the year in Kentucky … Also the Kentucky Player of the Year by USA Today and Ale 8 One/Kentucky Coaches …
Senior season statistics include 150 total tackles, including 37 tackles for loss and 18 quarterback sacks … Also punted for a 39.2-yard average …
Had an amazing and unusual career …
Played his first high school game when he was in the second grade … Also played some in third grade, then a rule was passed banning elementary students from playing on the high school level …
Returned to the high school field in seventh grade … Became the first eighth-grader in Kentucky history to be named first-team all-state, an honor he earned five consecutive years …
All totaled, he played in eight high school seasons … During his last six varsity seasons, he amassed 521 tackles, 76 sacks, 140 tackles for loss, 42 fumbles caused, 25 fumble recoveries, and 19 blocked kicks … Also had 200 pancake blocks as an offensive lineman …
Harrodsburg HS reached the state finals in Class A his senior and junior seasons … Harrodsburg went to the state semifinals the previous three years … Coached by his father, Alvis Johnson … Also a standout in basketball and track …
Played five seasons of varsity basketball and won all-district, all-area, and all-region honors three times … Five-year letterman on the track team … Has won three state championships in the shot put, two state titles in the discus throw, and one state championship in the triple jump … Also a one-year regional champ in the high jump and has placed fifth in the state in the long jump … In 1996, Dennis and Derrick Johnson became the first brothers to be named first-team all-state in Kentucky in the same season …
Honor Roll student who was also involved with Beta Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the student council … Dennis chose Kentucky over Notre Dame, Florida, Miami (Fla.), and Colorado.
