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Texas A&M adds former Rice FB Jerry Johnson III via transfer portal

April 16, 2023
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Jimbo Fisher and Texas A&M tapped into the transfer portal for another addition today as Rice graduate fullback Jerry Johnson III announced he his transferring to Texas A&M.

The 6-foot-1, 240-pound fullback began his career as a walk-on center before moving to fullback in the fall of his true freshman season in 2019. He quickly made his presence felt at fullback and on special teams. According to PFF, he was graded Rice’s top special teams performer in 2021. Over the course of his career, he played in 26 games and made a name for himself for his blocking and tenacity on the field.

Johnson is a familiar face around the Aggie program. He joins his father Jerry Johnson II, who is an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Texas A&M, and his younger brother Chantz Johnson‍, who signed with Texas A&M out of College Station High School in the 2023 class.

He also joins former Rice teammates and preferred walk-on transfers Aidan Siano and Derek Ferraro in the Texas A&M program, and he is A&M’s third scholarship addition via the portal, joining cornerbacks Sam McCall (Florida State) and Tony Grimes (North Carolina). 

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Texas A&M adds former Rice FB Jerry Johnson III via transfer portal

18,170 Views | 37 Replies | Last: 1 yr ago by P.U.T.U
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Meximan said:

Interesting... almost no one uses fullbacks anymore so I'd be curious to see if Petrino will actually use a traditional fullback or use him more like a power tailback.
Special teams. Might be a3rd or 4th team center. Not knocking him, a great athlete, but will not be in our backfield unless we run the I.
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Sterling82 said:

I'm not going to knock a guy, walk on or otherwise, that's going to be on this team. There are a lot of them out there that are good football players. Sam Matthews, for example is a good football player. He probably will get few opportunities in games but he can play. If Johnson can catch and block, we can use him. Probably the best H-back/FB we've had in the past 10 years was a walk on and ended up playing for the Texans.
Matthews has had 9 tackles in 2 years of play, wouldn't say that is good. Special teams only and mop up player that has had less than a tackle per game average
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