Saints hope to have found diamond in the rough in Rufus Johnson

just an aggressive player, Johnson said Saturday. a wonderful pass rusher. My passrushing skills are topnotch. 6foot5, led Tarleton State with 10 sacks this past season and 17 for a loss playing at the defensive end in their 43 defense. He earned the Lone Star Conference defensive player of Womens Jermaine Gresham Jersey the year for the effort.And Tarleton www.footballbengalsshop.com/WOMENS-JERMAINE-GRESHAM-JERSEY.html State now has two former players on the Saints roster, the other being receiver Saalim Hakim. While the Stephenville, Texas college might be wellknown, neither were Hofstra (Marques Colston), Towson State (Jermon Bushrod) or Bloomsburg (Jahri Evans).The Saints pulled the trigger on the pick and will use him primarily as a passrushing outside linebacker. He said Saturday he ran a 4.69 second 40yard dash during his pro day and said he weighs about 270 pounds.Area scouts Mike Baugh and Josh Lucas found Johnson. He began to gain steam with his performance in the Texas vs. Nation college allstar game.That all culminated in going in the sixth round.dad just gave me the smile that he been giving me since I was six years old, ever since I was playing Pop Warner, Johnson said. gave me that smile and told me job. He embraced me with a hug, kissed me on my forehead, and told me that now it time to go to work.