Earlier this summer Miami football players Johnson, Quarterman and defensive end Joe Jackson were named three of “SI’s Top 100 College Football Players of 2018.”
Johnson was named the eighth best player in the country and the best safety. Quarterman the 14th best player and the best linebacker. Jackson was the 67th best player.
The list of the top 100 was compiled by Sports Illustrated writers Chris Johnson and Eric Single. SI’s All-America team was compiled by “our writers and editors cast(ing) ballots projecting the fall’s biggest stars to construct SI’s 2018 All-America teams.