KNOXVILLE—Butch Jones and the Vols picked up two JUCO commits Saturday— one from 2014 receiver Kameel Jackson and another from his roommate, 2013 receiver Jonathan Johnson. Both commits are enrolled at Blinn College…where Cam Newton played prior to his lone season with the Auburn Tigers. Jackson, a former four-star recruit, plans on graduating in December and enrolling at Tennessee in January. He also expects to visit Knoxville sometime in June.

As a true freshmen in 2011, Jackson caught 12 passes for 165 yards for Bob Stoops’ Oklahoma Sooners, but academic issues forced him to transfer. He initially enrolled at Louisiana Monroe, but transferred from there to Blinn College this spring in an effort to get his grades in order. As long has he stays on track academically, and every indication is that he will, he’ll arrive in Knoxville as a junior. At 6-1, 210 pounds, Jackson runs a 4.42 40-yard dash and will challenge for playing time at one of the outside receiver spots next year.

His roommate, Jonathan Johnson, was offered a scholarship as long as he can enroll in June (2013) for summer camp. The 5-9, 190 pound receiver was a three-star recruit in 2012 and put up impressive numbers in high school, primarily at running back (in addition to lettering in baseball and track). As a senior at Friendswood, he rushed for 1,242 yards and six touchdowns while pulling in 17 passes for 223 yards and three TDs. His junior season, Johnson racked up 1573 yards rushing on 251 carries (14TDs) and caught 51 passes for 539 yards and six TDs. He played receiver as a sophomore and tallied 61 catches for 872 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Recruiting analyst Tom Lemming had this to say about Johnson, “He proves to be perfectly suited for the slot, shows good vision, is quick, and can make people miss. Not real big but very athletic and instinctive.”

Grades weren’t a concern for him, but he chose to go the JUCO route in hopes of attracting several offers from major D-1 programs. That plan appears to have paid off. Though he caught just five passes for 69 yards at Blinn, Johnson can come in immediately (as a sophomore) and provide depth to a woefully thin receiving corps and compete for punt and kick return duties. He played in a spread offense in high school and shouldn’t have any issues picking up Jones’ uptempo, spread attack. Johnson’s grades and paperwork will have to be in order for him to end up in orange, but nothing about his history suggests he’ll have trouble qualifying academically.

You can view highlights of Johnson below.