Jaelon Darden, a 3-star recruit according to 247sports.com, is a 5’9’’ wide receiver from Houston, Texas, who verbally committed to UNLV. Darden received offers from a handful of other schools including Virginia Tech, Memphis, and Louisiana-Monroe. Darden has been complemented on his quickness and agility.
Johnny Johnson III, a 2-star recruit according to 247sports.com, is a 6’0’’ wide receiver from Chandler, Arizona. Johnson III verbally committed to UNLV over the weekend through Twitter.
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— CALL ME JJ3® (@johnnny_yamms) August 13, 2016
These two new commits to the 2017 class are the first from outside of the state of Nevada. They join Marckell Grayson (***), Isaiah Morris (**), and Farrell Hester (**) as the only verbals of the ‘17 class.