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Arizona transfer Isaiah Johnson details Tennessee visit

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Arizona defensive line transfer Isaiah Johnson was on Rocky Top on Friday to see what Tennessee has to offer. After the visit, Volquest caught up with him to see what he found in Knoxville.

“I enjoyed walking around seeing the campus and the facility, and talking to the coaches, getting to learn the scheme and all the hospitality,” Johnson said. “I learned that Tennessee is a hard-working program revolved around building the players up to play big-time football.”

He was able to spend time with defensive line coach Rodney Garner and see how he would fit into the defensive line room.

“He just went over the scheme, went over how he develops his players and coaches his guys hard from top to bottom,” Johnson said.

He also got one on one time with head coach Josh Heupel. The conversation was laid-back and he enjoyed it very much.

“Kind of just, like, the same thing: You revolve this program around building their guys,” Johnson said.

Johnson knows Tennessee is looking for help on the interior of the defensive front and he believes he can bring solid play,

“Somebody who’s ready to work and give their all for Tennessee,” Johnson said.

The biggest thing he took away from this visit was finding out where he fits into the Tennessee defense. He will now head to North Carolina for a visit and may eventually visiting Kansas State.

As for this visit, did Tennessee set the bar high?

“Yes, sir, for sure.”

Tennessee will host Marcus Burris from Indiana and Grand Valley State defensive lineman Josh Schell the next couple of days.

Schell is a 6-4, 270 pound defensive lineman who had 35 tackles, 3 for loss and 2 sacks last season.

Burris had 34 total tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and two sacks for the Hoosiers.

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