Former Moon Area High School star Donovan “Puff” Johnson was one of Pitt head coach Jeff Capel’s top recruiting priorities for the better part of the past year. However, Capel’s effort ultimately failed to pay off, as the native of the Pittsburgh area opted to follow in the footsteps of his brother, Cameron Johnson, and announced his commitment to ACC rival North Carolina on Tuesday night.
Johnson included Pitt and North Carolina in a top seven he released on Aug. 3, with the other five schools being Arizona, Louisville, Miami, Notre Dame and Ohio State. The 6’7”, 185-pound small forward also drew offers from Auburn, Cincinnati, Maryland, TCU, Virginia Tech and Xavier during his recruitment but cut ties with those programs in the summer.