Wide receiver Kenny Johnson discusses joining the Texas Tech football team, his background as a return specialist and working with QB Brendan Sorsby.
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Really the coaches, really just, Coach Juice, the way that, my, my interactions with Juice, Coach Juice went.
Really the coaches, really just, Coach Juice, the way that, my, my interactions with Juice, Coach Juice went.
just his knowledge on the game is just I know it’ll take me to, to higher levels, the levels that I wanna go to.
just his knowledge on the game is just I know it’ll take me to, to higher levels, the levels that I wanna go to.
and that’s really what I was looking for out of Portal.
and that’s really what I was looking for out of Portal.
I really wanted to come to a place where I could build my football knowledge and build my football IQ and, just evolve as a football player.
I really wanted to come to a place where I could build my football knowledge and build my football IQ and, just evolve as a football player.
I think that just being a ball player, I didn’t really do bump or punt return much until sophomore year of college.
I think that just being a ball player, I didn’t really do bump or punt return much until sophomore year of college.
Like, didn’t catch anything in high school really.
Like, didn’t catch anything in high school really.
I was really just a kick return guy, like, even in college, like it was really just kick return, kick return.
I was really just a kick return guy, like, even in college, like it was really just kick return, kick return.
And then, my coach threw me in a game at, at punt return one day, and you know, I just got a natural feel for it.
And then, my coach threw me in a game at, at punt return one day, and you know, I just got a natural feel for it.
So it’s just like, like one of those things like just being a ball player and I think I just got a good feel for where the ball is at.
So it’s just like, like one of those things like just being a ball player and I think I just got a good feel for where the ball is at.
I’ve had some talented quarterbacks and, I mean, I’ve never seen the, the, the pop, the pop that comes off like the, the ball, like with his hand is just insane.
I’ve had some talented quarterbacks and, I mean, I’ve never seen the, the, the pop, the pop that comes off like the, the ball, like with his hand is just insane.
Like the throws that he makes, like on the run, rolling to his left, getting his hips square, getting the ball down the field like And, and he’s smart, you know.
Like the throws that he makes, like on the run, rolling to his left, getting his hips square, getting the ball down the field like And, and he’s smart, you know.
He’s, he’s making checks at the line.
He’s, he’s making checks at the line.
I mean, we’ve been here for three weeks, so like he’s making checks at the line.
I mean, we’ve been here for three weeks, so like he’s making checks at the line.
Like, he’s doing a great job and like he’s bringing us all along and he’s keeping us all-
Like, he’s doing a great job and like he’s bringing us all along and he’s keeping us all-