The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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2015 RECRUITING ISSUE Bush (Concord University), Kent Jas- min, and Demarious Wright were all searching for opportunities to play at the next level — the final decision was news to him just like it was to the rest of the world. "I hadn't spoken to him [at length]," Jackson said. "I was going to, but with so many schools com- ing in, I really never had a strong chance. He shared with me that he really liked it at Michigan. They have a great campus, a beautiful campus, and he liked the school. He has fam- ily up there in the Detroit area, so that was a plus for him." Johnson may be more potential than anything at this point, with a slim 6-5, 225-pound build that will need to be built up in the weight room. However, he put together a strong season (104 tackles and an eye-popping 25 sacks) as a senior, and the production is starting to come right along. The fruits of his hard work will mostly be harvested in Ann Arbor. — Tim Sullivan PERSONAL Shelton Wayne Johnson was born Feb. 17, 1997 … Squats 500 pounds … Cousin Tavarius "T.J." Jackson (also his high school coach) played at Vir- ginia Tech … Cousin Brandon Flowers played at Virginia Tech and recently completed his seventh year in the NFL … Is the first Wolverine from Delray Beach Atlantic High. RANKINGS Average rating of the four major re- cruiting services: 3.5-star prospect, the No. 62 player in Florida and the No. 29 defensive end in the country … The No. 229 player in the Southeast ac- cording to ESPN.com … Ranked No. 13 in the South and No. 4 in Florida among defensive ends by Scout.com … Listed as the No. 20 area football player by the South Florida Sun-Sen- tinel. STATISTICS Career Totals: Two-year starter who missed his entire sophomore year due to a transfer snafu and parts of his ju- nior year due to injury … Finished his career with 127 tackles, 40 stops for loss and 26 sacks. Senior Season: Started every game at defensive end for a 9-3 Atlantic team that lost in the second round of the Florida Class 7A (second-largest division) playoffs to Royal Palm Beach High School … Compiled 104 total tackles, 40 stops for loss and a school- record 25 sacks … Also forced six fum- bles and was credited with 20 quar- SHELTON JOHNSON DEFENSIVE END 6-5 • 225 ATLANTIC H.S. DELRAY BEACH, FLA. RANKINGS STARS NAT. POS. STATE ✪ ✪ ✪ — 37 100 ✪ ✪ ✪ — 36 75 ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ — 16 39 ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ 291 27 35