{"id":53246,"date":"2024-05-25T14:37:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T19:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=53246"},"modified":"2024-05-25T14:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T19:37:51","slug":"dallas-area-wr-xavier-johnson-breaks-down-smu-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/dallas-area-wr-xavier-johnson-breaks-down-smu-commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas area WR Xavier Johnson breaks down SMU commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2025 North Richland Hills (Tex.) Richland wideout\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/xavier-johnson-236063\/\">Xavier Johnson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0committed to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/smu-mustangs\/\">SMU<\/a>, he announced during the Pony Express weekend. Coming off the visit, he just enjoyed the entire environment that Rhett Lashlee\u2019s staff put together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a blessing,\u201d Johnson told On3. \u201cIt was phenomenal. I had a great time with the coaches. Overall, it was outstanding. Words can\u2019t explain it. SMU set the bar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SMU wide receivers coach Rob Likens got a big commitment in the high three-star prospect, but it was a whole staff effort to reel in the Dallas area star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally, all of them, that\u2019s why this is a great school because it wasn\u2019t just one coach,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cIt was the whole coaching staff showing love and that means a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The push to keep Dallas\u2019 top talent at home is a big one for Lashlee\u2019s staff and Johnson sees the chance that a group of DFW talent puts SMU on top.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels good to be with people that grew up the same time I grew up and things like that,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel like we can change Dallas for real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SMU moving up to the ACC is also a big deal in his recruitment. Johnson will have a chance to challenge for early playing time with so many departures off the 2024 roster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like it\u2019s going to change the game for real and we\u2019ll be ready because ACC is competition and you only get better going against competition. So, that\u2019ll be good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Mustangs beat out the likes of Baylor, TCU, Texas Tech and others. <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/smu-mustangs\/news\/dallas-area-wr-xavier-johnson-breaks-down-smu-commitment\/\">Dallas area WR Xavier Johnson breaks down SMU commitment<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.on3.com\/\">On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 North Richland Hills (Tex.) Richland wideout\u00a0Xavier Johnson\u00a0committed to\u00a0SMU, he announced during the Pony Express&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53280,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53246\/revisions\/53280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}