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Junior To Watch: Tony Johnson

School: West Chester (Ohio) Lakota East

Position: Fullback and defensive tackle

Size and speed: Johnson is 5-foot-11 and 258 pounds. He runs the 40-yard dash in 4.6 seconds.

Honors: Johnson was named all-district and all-area as a junior.

Statistics: Johnson carried the ball 143 times for 587 yards and 10 touchdowns as a junior. He caught six passes for 50 yards from the backfield as well. On defense he recorded 59 tackles, seven sacks, 10 tackles for loss and had two fumble recoveries from his defensive tackle position.

Favorite schools: Ohio State, Syracuse, Boston College, Florida, Iowa State, Michigan and Michigan State

Skinny: Johnson is a very powerful player on both sides of the ball with a lot of upside. His strength makes him very tough to bring down from the backfield when he accelerates, and he's a cog in the defensive line.

"I'm a very physical player," said Johnson. "My game is built around strength and power. I may be recruited to wrestle in college as well, and that has really impacted my development as a football player so far. I want to go somewhere where I can play two sports right away. A lot of places will probably let me play two sports but might want me just for football one year. I want to play both right away."

Johnson doesn't have any offers yet, but is being heavily recruited by all his favorites. He's also hearing from schools like UCLA, Virginia, Purdue and Penn State.

"I'm probably going to camp at Ohio State this summer but that's the only one I know of so far. I grew up watching Florida a lot so they're still high on my list because of that."

Johnson carries a 3.01 GPA and should have no trouble qualifying.