When Ohio State safeties coach Matt Guerrieri was hired on Jan. 10, less than a week later, he was out on the recruiting trail.
One of the first prospects he visited was Georgia 2025 safety James Johnson, who was the first player Guerrieri extended an offer to in his OSU tenure when he stopped by Douglas County High School (Douglasville, Georgia) on Jan. 16.
“He said I was his first stop on the road and the very first person he came to see,” Johnson told Eleven Warriors of Guerrieri. “He said he was very interested in me and told me about the campus and everything.