
2028 LB/FB makes Big Ass Fans, Large School, All-State FB team as a freshman
Bryson Johnson felt a little disrespected coming out of middle school left off some middle school all-this, all-that teams. He entered the lineup this year for Mark Dixon’s Commodores with a little bit of a chip on his shoulder. With hard work, courage, and determination he went around 4A knocking blocks off instead of chips. This Johnson kid will be terrorizing the eastern end of Kentucky for years to come. “Oh great,” moaned every other team populating the Appalachia mountains.
HB Lyon, Scouting Director, KPGFootball

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Hazard, KY: Bryson Johnson has long been known around “football circles” in the Appalachia mountain area of Kentucky. Stories of some of his physical feats displayed in the weight room are near-legendary.
“Hey man, did you hear that Johnson kid, Mr. B, benched so and so?”
“Hey man, did you hear Mr. B dead-lifted the field house?”

It just goes on and on…ad infinitem. That is how legends are made. Around Perry County Central’s Commodores, Mark Dixon and staff are busying building legends. Add Mr. B to the pile.
Johnson is a ’28 prospect. We could tell you what he bench presses but it will be higher by the time you read this. Same for his dead-lift, his power clean, etc.
[Johnson] just grinds and grinds until he is the best version of himself
Friday Night Fletch
Mr. B never stops working, never stops lifting, never stops running. He just grinds and grinds until he is the best version of himself. Coaches love kids like this.

If you grind away at a lump of coal long enough, you eventually end up with a diamond. We may be witnessing that very metamorphosis.
Let’s discuss the nickname first. Bryson Johnson is nick-named, “Mr. B.” Mountain people don’t call you “Mister” until you have earned their respect, earned their trust.
I lived in the mountain for quite a while. I was always “Fletcher.” Six-year old kids called me “Fletcher.”
I am 56-years old. Johnson is a ninth grader.
Johnson has already earned, both from teammates and opponents, more respect than I was ever shown. What can I say, he’s way better at playing football.
Johnson is a hit-machine, heat-seeking missile of a down-hill linebacker whose production in the offensive backfield will only increase as he grows more comfortable in the scheme. Mr. B has been rated at the top of his graduating class since middle school.
KPGFootball still has Johnson rated at the top of the ’28 LBer class. If our opinion doesn’t matter, whose does?
Johnson is a hit machine…
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Johnson led Perry County Central with 106-tackles and had 3-TFLs. To give you an idea about his movement, Johnson played offense too, averaging nearly 6-yards a carry (5.84).

There were two (if memory serves) ’28 players on the small and large school teams combined. That is just how good this kid is.
Bryson’s maternal grandfather played college football for EKU. He told KPGFootball, “Mr. B is working with a personal trainer. He is working on his twitch. He is working on his speed.”
That is the rub. Mr. B is working harder than any of his contemporaries. Of course, that is how one makes an all-state, varsity football team as a 9th-grader.
Join us next week as we return to honor another weekly prize winner. Until then, pop some Mingua Beef Jerky in your mouth and savor the quality and flavor which sets it apart from the competition. Remember, our product is superior and one of a kind; just like Perry County Central’s Bryson Johnson.
This is Friday Night Fletch reporting for Kentucky Prep Gridiron and reminding you to PLAY THROUGH THE WHISTLE. Don’t forget to SAVOR THE FLAVOR!
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