{"id":838267,"date":"2026-03-28T03:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/838267\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T03:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:27:15","slug":"kenny-johnson-calls-tech-wr-room-deepest-group-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/838267\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenny Johnson calls Tech WR room ‘deepest group’ ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of Texas Tech<\/a>\u2018s top portal additions is WR Kenny Johnson<\/a> from Pittsburgh. Johnson, a senior from York, Pennsylvania caught 48 passes for 695 yards (14.5 AVG) and 5 touchdowns for the Panthers in 2025. The Pennsylvania product is expected to be one of the Red Raiders top pass catchers in 2026. Kenny spoke with some of the local media following the Red Raider\u2019s Thursday practice.<\/p>\n

His Decision To Attend Texas Tech<\/p>\n

Recruits have multiple reasons for committing to the Red Raiders, but Kenny Johnson dove into what went into his decision to come to Lubbock.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally the coaches. Really just\u00a0Coach Juice, the way that my\u00a0interactions with Coach Juice\u00a0went, just his knowledge on the game\u00a0is just I know it\u2019ll take me to to\u00a0higher levels, the level that I want to\u00a0go to. That\u2019s really what I was\u00a0looking for out of the portal. I really\u00a0wanted to come to a place where I could\u00a0build my football knowledge and build my\u00a0football IQ and just evolve as a\u00a0football player.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dad\u2019s Military Service + Growing Up<\/p>\n

Johnson\u2019s dad, Terry Johnson served in the Army during his upbringing. Kenny spoke a little bit to how the transition has been from Pennsylvania to the 806.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, okay. So, I was born in\u00a0Baltimore, Maryland, but my\u00a0dad\u2019s in the military, so we moved\u00a0around a little bit. I grew up\u00a0high school-wise and a little bit of middle school like my last year of\u00a0middle school but mainly high school in\u00a0Pennsylvania, central PA and it\u2019s\u00a0nice little small town everybody\u00a0knows everybody type of thing and you know it\u2019s real cold like gets negative\u00a0degrees so you know adjusting to this\u00a0weather is a little different\u00a0for me. It\u2019s a little windy up here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Depth In The WR Room<\/p>\n

Texas Tech brought in multiple great receivers in Jalen Jones<\/a>, Donte Lee Jr<\/a>, and Kenny Johnson via the portal, while retaining multiple key pieces in Coy Eakin<\/a> and Micah Hudson<\/a> among others. Making Johnson believe this is the deepest WR group he\u2019s ever been a part of.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, it\u2019s insane. I mean, we got\u00a0maybe four, five number ones. Like we\u00a0got some dudes like and they\u2019re making plays every day. We got\u00a0JJ (Jalen Jones), Donte (Lee Jr), Micah (Hudson), Coy (Eakin), and those are\u00a0just those are just the older\u00a0guys, you know what I mean? We still\u00a0have great young guys too that are going\u00a0to be able to like play. Like talent-wise are going to be\u00a0able to play. Injuries happen, so\u00a0like the depth is important. Like this\u00a0is the deepest group I\u2019ve ever been apart of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Texas Tech\u2019s Top-Tier Facilities<\/p>\n

The Red Raiders built up one of the top facilities in the country with the Dustin R. Womble Football Facility. All recruits, including Kenny Johnson, have spoken extremely highly of not only the facility, but Texas Tech\u2019s top-tier nutrition, and training staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cInsane. Especially like and\u00a0we had it was a great facility at Pitt, they had the Steelers and the\u00a0Pitt facilities. Like the\u00a0connection, but here it\u2019s just like it\u2019s\u00a0just different like it\u2019s bigger. Everything\u2019s nicer, we\u00a0have everything that we need. Like\u00a0there\u2019s nothing that we need that we\u00a0don\u2019t have; recovery wise, nutrition\u00a0wise, and our training\u00a0staff is amazing. So it\u2019s\u00a0really hard not to be great here. Like\u00a0it really is.\u201d<\/p>\n

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