Huskies Offer Portland Cornerback Just Getting the Hang of Football

Elias Johnson, a relative newcomer to the game, is beginning to turn heads in recruiting events.
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Elias Johnson is a late comer to football, just two years into it. 

However, the game is catching up to the long and speedy cornerback from Portland's Jesuit High School, who on Monday night revealed he has a scholarship offer from Kalen DeBoer's University of Washington staff.

South of the Columbia River border, Johnson has become an intriguing prospect college recruiters with his 6-foot-2, 175-pound frame, carried by 4.5-second speed over 40 yards.

Oregon State, Washington State and Hawaii are among his nine offers, as well, with more and more people noticing him as he participates in 7-on-7 events in places such as Dallas and Honolulu, Hawaii.

While he's drawn increasing attention as of late, Johnson wasn't bad during this past football season for Jesuit High, which previously sent offensive guard Jaxson Kirkland to the UW.

For a 9-2 football team, Johnson broke up 13 passes and intercepted one, while permitting just three pass completions all season. His long reach made it difficult for teams to throw over him.

Again, it was just his second year as a football player, but Johnson acted as if he's been in the game for a long time. 


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Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.