Montrell Johnson was in a comfortable situation at Louisiana. He was living just a couple of hours away from his hometown of New Orleans. He led the Ragin’ Cajuns with 12 touchdowns in 2021 and ranked second with 784 yards to pick up Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors.
All he had to do was stay at Louisiana and continue on his ascent toward the NFL. Transferring to a Power Five school would’ve meant starting over and facing the possibility of getting buried on the depth chart behind four- and five-star recruits.
Testing his skills at the Power Five level would’ve been a high risk, high reward decision.