"It puts a sense of urgency for the other guys coming back," Johnson said. "We expect whoever takes his place to be better than Reilly. We have several candidates we feel great about."

"I don’t know if he will follow through with it, but Reilly’s got some certain detailed plans with what we wants to go do with his life," Johnson said.

Losing Ashley along with the recruit Roby hurts more long term than short term. Hopefully this is just clearing a path for the Brady Brown/Jamie Graham era*. WR is one area where they’ve recruited a ton of talent recently.

*eras dependent on having a quarterback better than Mackenzi<3 behind center.