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Texas to Tempe: How Arizona State's positioned to take on the Big 12
Arizona State assistants Bryan Carrington and Ra'Shaad Samples are establishing a recruiting pipeline in the state of Texas that's all-important for its upcoming move to the Big 12 Conference.
Chris Johnson was told that Bryan Carrington was in Forney, Texas and about to drive to the airport and catch his flight back to Arizona when he came across the Aledo product's Hudl film. Apparently, former TCU and Texas assistant canceled his flight then and there to drive 90 minutes to meet with the junior cornerback.
Johnson was just over a month removed from an all-district season in which he helped the Bearcats win the Class 5A Division I state championship. Still, the accolades thus far had yet to translate to fervent college attention. The 6-foot-1 corner held two offers from Grambling State and Louisville. Now, he sat in his head coach's office at 8 a.m., expecting a household name in Texas recruiting to walk through the door. Sure, Carrington is now the defensive backs coach at Arizona State, but he's a Lone Star man through and through.
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