Micah Johnson playing on ESPN 2
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let me guess....he is a DTackle......where he should have been playing at UK. Kid missed his chance at the NFL because he was to stubborn to accept he wasn't a linebacker
Glad to hear he's still playing somewhere. Didn't quite live up to the hype coming out of high school, but he was an absolute beast and pretty legendary in this part of the state.
My time in high school overlapped with his, and I remember in a high school basketball game once he didn't play the first half and his team was trailing my school by a pretty decent margin at halftime. He came in in the second half and ended up with what seemed like 20+ points and 20+ rebounds. Needless to say, his team ended up winning.
My time in high school overlapped with his, and I remember in a high school basketball game once he didn't play the first half and his team was trailing my school by a pretty decent margin at halftime. He came in in the second half and ended up with what seemed like 20+ points and 20+ rebounds. Needless to say, his team ended up winning.
If your high school team lost to Ft. Campbell in basketball they were pretty bad. Even when he played they were terrible.
Now the football teams back then. . . Different story.
Now the football teams back then. . . Different story.
Haha you are definitely right about that. Since you appear to be from Hoptown, you, like me, have probably had a front row seat to the ineptitude that was Ft. Campbell sports with the exception of football. I don't really keep up with high school sports so I'm not sure if that is still true.
Without getting too specific, my high school was in a county bordering Christian County.
CFL guys don't make much. The league minimum was only $50,000 a couple of years ago. The salary cap was only $5 MM per team a couple of years ago as well.
This is from 2012.
According to the Winnipeg Free Press report, the top salaries in the CFL went to the quarterbacks. Here is the breakdown.
Anthony Calvillo, Montreal: $400,000 (maximum salary)
Ricky Ray, Toronto: $400,000 (maximum salary)
Henry Burris, Hamilton: $300,000 (maximum salary)
Darian Durant, Saskatchewan: $300,000 (maximum salary)
Drew Tate, Calgary: $300,000 (maximum salary) ($200,000 base)
Steven Jyles, Edmonton: $250,000 (maximum salary) ($125,000 base, $75,000 signing bonus)
Travis Lulay, B.C.: $250,000 (maximum salary)
According to the Winnipeg Free Press report, the top salaries in the CFL went to the quarterbacks. Here is the breakdown.
Anthony Calvillo, Montreal: $400,000 (maximum salary)
Ricky Ray, Toronto: $400,000 (maximum salary)
Henry Burris, Hamilton: $300,000 (maximum salary)
Darian Durant, Saskatchewan: $300,000 (maximum salary)
Drew Tate, Calgary: $300,000 (maximum salary) ($200,000 base)
Steven Jyles, Edmonton: $250,000 (maximum salary) ($125,000 base, $75,000 signing bonus)
Travis Lulay, B.C.: $250,000 (maximum salary)
Here is the story from last season http://calgaryherald.com/sports/football/cfl/calgary-stampeders/hard-luck-johnson-re-signs-with-stampeders about his hard luck story.
1 Year contract 2016 - $ 507,500
1 Year contract 2016 - $ 507,500
That is on the coaching staff, not the player. I do not know of any coach that has decided to move a player and played the player after they told the coach no.
I am sure it has happened, I just do not know of it.
yeah that is probably right - but, in my defense, it didn't list size and this guy is not 6'2 277 DT in CFLNever mind. You looked up Micah Drew Johnson of the Dodgers in baseball.
I tend to agree that the coaching staff should have taken a hard stance on him moving positioned. But I seem to recall back on the day one of the main reasons he choose UK was because Brooks promised he could stay at linebacker. Brooks is the principaled type to stay true to his word even when he knew it was a bad choice.
I recall Johnson running a 4.9 40 predraft coming out his senior year. And he also was one of the two nickle linebackers on the field his last year while they put a sophomore Travathan on the sidelines for those obvious passing downs. The same superbowl winning Travathan that is all over the field in the NFL. Ridiculous in retrospect
Well, I remember Jeff Snedeger, was recruited by Mumme and he played QB in HS but turned out too be a ferocious LB at UK....I don't he said no, about a position change, he just came too mind
Jeff Snedegar literally sacrificed his body on the field trying to make play after play. In my 27 years of watching UK Football, his play at linebacker was second to none. Who remembers him chasing down the IU runner getting ready to score and literally separated his shoulder making the tackle?
Just trivia -- Another Kentuckian in the CFL is ex-Tilghman star Bryan Hall who got a ring with the Ravens in 2012. http://www.cfl.ca/players/bryan-hall/
Smallish but a potent niche sackmaster.
Smallish but a potent niche sackmaster.
I know you are obviously comparing CFL's league salary to the NFL and when you do that, no, the CFL doesn't pay much. If you are a pretty good quarterback, but you're not good enough to make the NFL, 300 thousand dollars a season wouldn't be too bad of a salary for playing a game or sport you love. I'm thinking to be making in that range, you have to be in the elite group of quarterbacks, but still, most of us would love a yearly salary like that. Like i said before, i know what you were talking about when you said this. Just wanted to point that out.
Pretty much the way I remember it Pike. There was a LOT of pressure on UK to sign Johnson. But, IMO, a coach is obligated to play a kid in a position where he best helps the team and in Johnson's case it would have been on the D-line.
I'm not sure who the LBs were during his time and whether they had anyone better to play in front of him. He wasn't really a bad LB just a guy better suited at DL.
Peace
Freaking loved Snedegar. He played with a kind of meanness we haven't seen in years. It was glorious.