As Tez Johnson hoisted the Big Ten Championship MVP above his head amidst a storm of green and yellow confetti after recording 181 receiving yards and a touchdown, one couldn’t help but appreciate the Diamond in the Rough Oregon had uncovered.
The undersized receiver from Alabama and brother of Bo Nix, hardly seemed like the type of athlete to make such an enormous impact on a program competing for the National Championship coming out of high school.
Tez was a 3-star recruit according to ESPN and 247, and garnered no real interest from any Power Five programs.