Tag: George Johnson III

Ex-Wolverine Updates: Week 6

FORMER PLAYERS

P George Caratan (UConn): Caratan punted 3 times for 102 yards in a 33-12 win over FIU.

C Zach Carpenter (Indiana): Carpenter is Indiana’s starting left guard. He had previously started at center, but a hand injury forced him to change positions.

RB Zach Charbonnet (UCLA): Charbonnet ran 22 times for 198 yards and 1 touchdown in a 42-32 win over #11 Utah. Those 198 yards represent a career high and he leads the Pac-12 in rushing with 615 yards.

😡 ZACH CHARBONNET 😡

💻: https://t.co/xmTVLFXHHv
📺: @FOX#GoBruins pic.twitter.com/KVByDGq1NY

— UCLA Football (@UCLAFootball) October 8, 2022

S Sammy Faustin (UMass): Faustin did not play in a 42-24 loss to Liberty.

OG Chuck Filiaga (Minnesota): Filiaga is a sixth year senior who starts at right guard for the Gophers.

CB Darion Green-Warren (Nevada): Green-Warren did not record any stats in a 17-14 loss to Colorado State.

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Ex-Wolverine Updates: Week 5

FORMER PLAYERS

C Zach Carpenter (Indiana): Carpenter is Indiana’s starting center.

RB Zach Charbonnet (UCLA): Charbonnet ran 22 times for 124 yards and 1 touchdown, adding 3 catches for 56 yards, in a 40-32 win over Washington. That’s his third 100+ yard rushing game in four games played this season.

DTR had an amazing night for the ages, but this three play Inside Zone series by Zach Charbonnet (and the line) hits me in the feels pic.twitter.com/0FeKIbmEmA

— chris osgood (@osgoodck) October 1, 2022

S Sammy Faustin (UMass): Faustin did not play in a 20-13 loss to Eastern Michigan.

OG Chuck Filiaga (Minnesota): Filiaga is a sixth year senior who starts at right guard for the Gophers.

CB Darion Green-Warren (Nevada): Nevada (2-3) had a bye. Green-Warren has recorded 4 tackles and 1 pass breakup this season.

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Ex-Wolverine Updates: Week 3

FORMER PLAYERS

C Zach Carpenter (Indiana): Carpenter is Indiana’s starting center.

RB Zach Charbonnet (UCLA): Charbonnet ran 13 times for 78 yards and caught 3 passes for 51 yards in a 32-31 win over Alabama State.

S Sammy Faustin (UMass): Faustin did not record any stats in a 20-3 win over Stony Brook.

OG Chuck Filiaga (Minnesota): Filiaga is a sixth year senior who starts at right guard for the Gophers.

CB Darion Green-Warren (Nevada): Green-Warren did not record any stats in a 27-0 loss to Iowa.

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George Johnson III, Ex-Wolverine

Stuart (FL) Martin cornerback George Johnson III announced on Wednesday that he was entering the transfer portal.

Johnson was a high school dual-threat quarterback who was bound for either wide or defensive back in college. He was a 247 Composite 3-star, the #60 athlete, and #876 overall in the class of 2019. I initially gave him a TTB Rating of 73 (LINK) before eventually giving a 58 (LINK).

Johnson redshirted in 2019, did not play in any games in 2020, and played in three contests this past season, making just 1 tackle. In the off-season some Michigan receivers said he was the most difficult cornerback to shake, but that didn’t translate to the game field for whatever reason. It was always going to be tough for him to climb the depth chart at Michigan, considering the position switch and the other talent. But it didn’t help that Michigan signed a bunch of defensive backs in this 2022 class, at least a couple of whom would probably jump ahead of him pretty quickly.

Joining RB Zach Charbonnet (UCLA), OG Nolan Rumler (Kent State), LB Anthony Solomon (Arizona), WR Giles Jackson (Washington), OG Zach Carpenter (Indiana), and LB Charles Thomas (unknown), Johnson is the seventh player from the 2019 class to transfer.

2021 Season Countdown: #83 George Johnson III

Name: George Johnson III
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 193 lbs.
High school: Stuart (FL) Martin
Position: Cornerback
Class: Redshirt sophomore
Jersey number: #24
Last year: I ranked Johnson #83 and said he would be a backup cornerback (LINK). He did not play.
TTB Rating: 58

Johnson has spent two years on Michigan’s campus now, and he has yet to play a down. After coming in as a receiver, he switched to cornerback prior to the 2020 season. Despite some terrible cornerback play – albeit in a shortened season – Johnson didn’t play, even on special teams. In today’s college football world, year three is pretty much a now-or-never situation. If he finds himself buried on the bench this fall, this might be his final year in Ann Arbor.

Prediction: Backup cornerback