Florida Gators offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Brian Johnson is leaving Gainesville to become the quarterbacks coach for the Philadelphia Eagles, per multiple reports, with Wednesday’s first prominent one coming from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
Johnson, who played briefly for Mullen (and new Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer) at Utah before succeeding Alex Smith as the Utes’ starter and keeping the job through the first four years of Kyle Whittingham’s tenure, had fashioned himself into one of the hottest offensive coaching prospects in college football.
Johnson spent just two years pursuing a career outside of coaching after his senior season in 2008, then headed back to Utah as quarterbacks coach in 2010, getting hired at the age of 22.