Tennessee guard Josiah-Jordan James (5) and Tennessee guard Keon Johnson (45) react to the game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Appalachian State Mountaineers on the sidelines during a basketball game at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn., on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Kns Vols App State Hoops Bp
To nobody’s surprise, Tennessee basketball lost its second player to the NBA Draft Wednesday. Keon Johnson joins fellow guard Jaden Springer, as they both will leave the Vols after just one year in Rick Barnes’ program.
Johnson and Springer were five-stars in the Vols’ 2020 recruiting class, which helped it reach the top five, and they were always expected to be one and done guys.