Falcons Garner Transfer WR

Gods timing ain’t ever wrong 🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/id5SXqRenn

— Isaiah Johnson-Mack (@ijohnsonmack9) July 16, 2018

So, BG has added another transfer WR, I assume to be eligible in '19 but I'm never sure whether there is some secret codicil of the transfer rules being triggered.

The young man is Isaiah Johnson-Mack and he's from Palm Beach.  He was a highly decorated player in HS, ranked as a 3-star recruit by Rivals, along with being all-state, region, etc, as both a junior and a senior.

He then went to Washington State, where he played for two seasons.  He made 95 catches in that time, for an odd 8.4 yards per reception.  He scored 6 touchdowns.

Then, he decided to transfer.  He got into a public fight with Mike Leach over his release.  At the time, he said he wanted to transfer to be closer to his "2-year-old son and soon to be 1 year-old-daughter.”  So, Leach did grant a release, but only to FBS schools in Florida and then also FCS schools.

That occurred last December.  Then, he was apparently unable to land with any FBS school in Florida--something that seems very surprising to me--and went to Duquesne, which is definitely closer to Florida than Washington is, but still probably not what was intended at the beginning.  (His HS QB is also at Duquesne, FWIW).

Anyway, he never played at Duquesne at all, and announced his transfer to BG yesterday.  He was going to be eligible at Duquesne immediately, but I don't know if that applies to BG.

He's 6'3" and 216 pounds, which is good size for a MAC WR.  He was clearly productive in the PAC-12, though it seems odd to me that none of the mid-major Florida schools were available to him.  He left the program voluntarily, unlike our previous star WR transfers.

Also, he played for Mike Leach, proving again that all roads lead to Lubbock. 

Welcome to the Falcons, Isaiah.