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Penn State makes top 10 list of Florida defensive back

Penn State is in the running for a defensive back out of Florida in the Class of 2025.

With the NFL draft officially over, the attention on Penn State football now comes back to recruiting and the transfer portal as they search for future impact players and those who might be able to affect the team next year.

After the Blue-White Game, things will start to pick up on the recruiting trail.

Right now, the Nittany Lions have 12 commitments which puts them as the 16th-best class after starting out ranked very highly.

There’s a ton of work that needs to be done and they’ll be campaigning hard to earn commitments from the top players they’re targeting.

They got some good news when they made the top 10 list of safety [autotag]Rashad Johnson[/autotag]. Others he included were Tennessee, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Kentucky, Michigan State, Kansas State, West Virginia, Louisville, and UCF.

The 6-foot-2, 170-pound prospect isn’t ranked by On3 but is listed as a three-star recruit by 247Sports and a four-star by Rivals.

Johnson is coming off his first visit to Penn State back in early April and is now feeling like a priority. He’s already set an official visit with the Nittany Lions for June 7.

“Penn State is one of my top schools and I always wanted to get on that campus and see the White Out game. I still want to see that environment for myself,” he told Chad Simmons of On3.

He also was able to continue developing relationships with the coaching staff during his visit and it sounds like he is someone who the Nittany Lions are heavily pursuing.

“Coach Franklin told me he’s recruiting me hard and that he wants me there,” Johnson shared with Simmons.

It will be interesting to see where he might land in some updated rankings after the summer, especially considering some of the teams who are pursuing him.

On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine gives UCF the best odds of landing him with a 34.8% chance, followed by Penn State at 24.5%.

Alabama football countdown to kickoff: 49 days

We are just 49 days away from the start of Alabama’s 2023 football season!

The Alabama Crimson Tide will take the field for the 2023 college football season in 49 days, as Middle Tennessee State visits Bryant Denny Stadium on Sept. 2.

Here at Roll Tide Wire, we will be counting down the days until Nick Saban and his team take the field.

Today, with 49 days remaining, we will take a look at former standout defensive back, [autotag]Rashad Johnson[/autotag].

Johnson played for the Crimson Tide from  2005-08 before being selected in the third round of the 2009 NFL draft.

Johnson finished his Alabama career with 216 total tackles, 12 tackles for loss, two sacks, and 11 interceptions.

Freshman linebacker Qua Russaw currently wears No. 49 for the Crimson Tide!

Rashad Johnson’s Photo Gallery

Former Alabama DB set to serve as interim sideline reporter after Rashad Johnson’s departure

Cory Reamer will serve as the sideline reporter for Alabama’s week two matchup against Texas. He played defensive back at Alabama from 2006-2009.

Recently, former Alabama safety and sideline reporter Rashad Johnson was hired as a defensive assistant by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Now, the Crimson Tide appeared to have found an interim replacement. That is former Alabama defensive back, Cory Reamer. The Crimson Tide Sports Network was the first to report the news regarding Reamer.

He will serve as the interim sideline reporter for Alabama’s week two matchup against Texas. It is also worth noting that Alabama is searching for a permanent replacement after Johnson’s departure.

Reamer spent four seasons playing defensive back for the Crimson Tide. In 42 career games, he recorded 88 tackles, 13 tackles for loss and three sacks. Despite going undrafted in the 2010 NFL draft, he went on to sign as an undrafted agent with the New York Jets. He did impress Jets head coach Rex Ryan during rookie minicamp. Nonetheless, he was waived on September 4, 2010.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to track the latest news regarding the sideline reporter opening after the departure of Rashad Johnson.

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Former Alabama safety Rashad Johnson hired as assistant coach for Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Former Alabama safety Rashad Johnson is joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an assistant coach.

Former Alabama safety and sideline reporter Rashad Johnson was hired as a full-time defensive assistant by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Wednesday. This will be the first coaching opportunity of his career.

Johnson signed with Alabama as a walk-on out of Sulligent High School in Sulligent, Alabama. His only scholarship offers were from Citadel and North Alabama. During his freshman season, he played in 12 games primarily on special teams. As a sophomore, he started in four games at safety for the Crimson Tide. From there, he would go on to become a two-time First-team All-SEC member and won the Mal Moore Leadership Award following his senior season.

He was selected in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals. Johnson went on to spend seven seasons with the organization. He recorded 346 tackles and six tackles for loss. After his tenure with the Cardinals, he spent one season with the Tennessee Titans.

There, he tallied 38 tackles in the seven games that he played. Johnson announced his retirement from the NFL on January 3, 2018. He would then go on to be a sideline reporter at Alabama for the past four years. Now, he will join the Buccaneers staff in his first assistant coaching role.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to track Johnson’s coaching career as well as other former Alabama coaches at the NFL level.

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Alabama countdown to kickoff: 49 days

We are only 49 days away from the start of Alabama’s 2022 football season.

The Alabama Crimson Tide will take the field for the 2022 college football season in 49 days, as Utah State visits Bryant Denny Stadium on Sept. 3.

This will be Alabama’s first season-opener at home in quite some time, as the 18-time national champs are usually selected for a nationally televised kickoff game at a neutral site against a big-time opponent.

Here at Roll Tide Wire, we will be counting down the days until [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] and his team take the field.

Today, with 49 days remaining, we will take a look at former standout defensive back, [autotag]Rashad Johnson[/autotag].

Johnson played for the Crimson Tide from  2005-08 before being selected in the third round of the 2009 NFL draft.

Johnson finished his Alabama career with 216 total tackles, 12 tackles for loss, two sacks, and 11 interceptions.

Rashad Johnson’s Photo Gallery

3 former Cardinals land coaching fellowship with Buccaneers, Todd Bowles

Brittan Golden, Rashad Johnson, Kerry Taylor are three of the coaching fellows to HC Todd Bowles and the Buccaneers in training camp.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a ton of familiar faces on their coaching staff, as much of the staff was on the coaching staff for the Arizona Cardinals while Bruce Arians was head coach. There are now more familiar faces.

Bruce Arians retired earlier in the offseason and Todd Bowles, the Bucs’ defensive coordinator and former DC for Arians in Arizona, was named head coach.

According to Bucs Wire managing editor Luke Easterling, the Bucs announced they will have four caching fellows helping the team during training camp through the team’s Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship. Three players named are former Cardinals who played while Arians and Bowles were coaches in Arizona.

The three former Cardinals are Brittan Golden, who spent time in Arizona from 2013-2017 as a receiver, Rashad Johnson, a former Cardinals third-round pick who played seven seasons for the team from 2009-2016, and Kerry Taylor, who played receiver for the Cardinals in 2012-2013. Taylor played high school ball in Chandler, played collegiately at Arizona State and has been a high school coach in the Phoenix area for years.

It is great to see more former Cardinals getting an opportunity to get into the NFL in coaching circles. It is no surprise that it is happening with the Buccaneers with Arians’ influence continuing in his new role with the organization following his retirement from coaching.

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