Longhorns Diary: B.J. Johnson

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	B.J. Johnson

B.J. Johnson is a smooth, fluid and explosive fourth-year receiver who is one of the nation's top pass catchers. Heading into this year, he was rated as the fifth-best receiver prospect for the 2004 NFL Draft by Lindy's 2003 Pro Football Preview. A native of Grand Prairie, Texas, Johnson currently ranks fourth among returning Big 12 receivers with 122 catches for 1,840 yards. Recently, Johnson took time to talk with MackBrown-TexasFootball.com about his Web show "Kickin' It With the Horns" that he co-hosts with fellow receiver Sloan Thomas, as well as watching NFL games on Sunday and keeping up with former Longhorns in the pros.

"First off, the "Kickin' It With the Horns" show is going great. Sloan and I did the first show last week and had a blast. We're going to keep coming up with new ideas so we can take Kirk Herbstreit's job in a few years at ESPN. I can't tell any of the stuff coming up, however, because I want it to be a surprise. Sloan and I have been getting together to come up with some guests, and we want to make sure they are guys that want to come on the show and guys that the fans want to see. For the record, I want to make sure everyone knows we've invited Tony Jefferey. We told him that he could come on with Coach Drake, but he declined. I just don't want him going around telling people that we invited Roy on the show and not him. Besides the show, I've just been waiting for Sunday to get here. I can't wait to get back on the field. I'm going to try and relax on Saturday, but it will be awfully difficult watching other teams play and not competing, as well. Usuall,y we don't get to watch too many games because we're either playing, or on Sunday's, we're up at the school watching tapes from the day before. If I do get time, I love to watch the former Longhorns in the NFL. I always make sure to check out Ricky (Williams) and Priest (Holmes) for sure, and Big Mike (Williams), Leonard (Davis), Casey (Hampton) and the rest of those guys. Of course this year, I'll also have to keep an eye out for Rod Babers, Cory Redding, Chris Simms and the rest of the guys that were on the team last year. It's been really cool to see all the attention Chris has gotten lately and how well he is doing. Tampa Bay got the steal of the draft when they took him, and I'm really happy for him right now. I know he'll be watching us Sunday night if he can, so I guess it goes two ways where the guys in the NFL make sure to keep up with how we're doing. I think they'll be happy with the way we play this Sunday."