Jayhawks land commitment from Mississippi juco defensive tackle

By Matt Tait     Oct 22, 2012

Tedarian Johnson, a 6-foot-3, 285-pound defensive tackle from Hinds Community College in Mississippi, orally committed to KU on Monday, according to JayhawkSlant.com.

Johnson finished the 2011 season with 38 tackles and five sacks and has the potential to play either defensive tackle or end at KU. So far this season, he has recorded six tackles and two sacks.

He had planned to take an official visit to Texas Tech but changed his mind and seems set on joining the Jayhawks.

Johnson is a juco teammate of current KU commitment Andrew Bolton, a 6-3, 280-pound defensive end. He becomes the 11th member of the Class of 2013 to pledge his services to the Jayhawks.

Speaking of Bolton, he recently injured his knee and will miss the rest of the season. Despite continuing to receive calls from some big-time programs — Oklahoma, LSU, Mississippi State, among them — Bolton recently told JayhawkSlant.com that his commitment to KU was solid and he was sticking with the Jayhawks.

Here is the complete list of Class of 2013 commitments:

• Kellen Ash, LB, 6-3, 194, Parkway South High, Ballwin, Mo.

• Joey Bloomfield, OL, 6-6, 305, Ballard High, Louisville, Kent.

• Andrew Bolton, DE, 6-3, 280, Hinds C.C., Raymond, Miss.

• Montell Cozart, QB, 6-2, 180, Bishop Miege High

• Jordan Darling, QB, 6-4, 226, Shawnee Mission East High

• Marcus Jenkins-Moore, LB, 6-3, 210, Pierce C.C., Woodland Hills, Calif.

• Ben Johnson, TE, 6-5, 230, Basehor-Linwood High

• Tedarian Johnson, DT, 6-3, 285, Hinds C.C., Raymond, Miss.

• Taylor Lewis, DB, 6-0, 180, DeSoto High, DeSoto, Texas

• Dexter McDonald, DB, 6-2, 203, Butler County C.C., El Dorado, Kan.

• Colin Spencer, DB, 5-10, 179, Woodrow Wilson High, Dallas

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.