The 12th member of the 2024 Gophers recruiting class is Julian Johnson, a 6-foot-5, 210-pound athlete from Aurora, Illinois.
Johnson, who projects as a tight end at the University of Minnesota, announced his intentions to play for head coach P.J. Fleck and the Gophers on Wednesday night.
According to 247Sports’ Ryan Burns, Johnson’s stock has risen greatly with numerous offers flooding his mailbox in the past month. He picked Minnesota over offers from Texas A&M, Iowa, Kansas State, Indiana, Missouri and Purdue.
COMMITTED!!! @GopherFootball @Coach_Fleck @CoachAndySowder @FOOTBALLWVHS @athleticswvhs @AllenTrieu @EDGYTIM @DeepDishFB @PrepRedzoneIL @lemminginsider @Rivals_Clint pic.twitter.com/VX4DL5eghE
— julianrjohnson (@julianrjohnson) May 10, 2023
Minnesota’s ’24 recruiting class is currently ranked 16th in the nation by 247Sports and all 12 recruits are three-star players. The other 11 recruits Johnson joins are:
- Jaydon Wright, RB
- Dallas Sims, WR
- Corey Smith, WR
- Riley Sunram, DL
- Mo Saine, DL
- Jide Abasiri, DL
- Mason Carrier, LB
- Brady Pretzlaff, LB
- Simon Seidl, CB
- Koi Perich, S
- Zahir Rainer, S
