"D.J. Johnson, a consensus four-star 2017 defensive end from Sacramento, California, has 32 offers to play at the next level from all over the country, but there?s one school that stands out to him above the rest.

Ole Miss.

?They have so many things to offer,? Johnson said Wednesday. ?The tailgating is crazy, the fans are crazy and it is just a great place that I can see myself definitely considering as a new home. It wasn?t hard to put them at number one.?

For a guy on the west coast with no ties to Mississippi, Johnson seems to know a good bit about Ole Miss ? including its past, present and potential future."

People think I'm crazy when I say this, but these players, magazines, etc. get "prizes" for saying things like that. Especially now that the NCAA is breathing down their necks. They want people to believe there's a legit reason these blue chips are coming to Oxford, other than cash. If that's truly the case, and they AREN'T coming for the cash, then UMiss would've been recruiting like this in the past. Plus they would have AT LEAST a legit West title to their name. This is nothing but a way for them to advertise and manipulate opinion. People don't go that crazy over a university. It's not that damn awesome or different than any other SEC school.

This post was edited on 3/17/16 at 5:16 pm