"Yesterday I actually came back from the visit and talked to my mom and my parents about it and then when to church today and talked about it after church a little bit more and I just made my decision and I did it today. No sense in wasting time," Johnson said.
"Just definitely seeing that they have a lot of things that help you after football like they have the NFL scouts coming in and the Vol for Life program," Johnson said. "Stuff like that was pretty big for me. And the facilities are nice and it's hard not to succeed there so that's a good thing."
"I always had a good relationship with coach Martinez and the defensive coordinator is a great guy," Johnson said. "Being with him the whole weekend I got to know him really good and we just had a good time. And then coach Jones, he's a good guy and I had a meeting with him and he's real laid back and real easy to get to know type of guy."
"They talked about me playing safety and nickel and being able to move around. I actually played a whole lot of things, played a whole lot of positions and I'm able to move around and play a whole lot of things on defense," Johnson said. "Just able to cover and be able to play man at the same time, just playing safety and nickel is what we talked about."
"Just getting to know the defense and learn the schemes and getting in there early and working out early, getting that college work out and learn everything earlier than other people coming in and just getting in early and being able to play early," Johnson offered.
And there's a chance Johnson could see time as a freshman if he works at it during the winter, spring and summer.
"They were just talking about I'm in a great position to come in and do what I need to do on the field and be able to be in position and then maybe get starting time if I can show them what I do," he said.