LA Rams rookie LB Clay Johnston’s energy infects entire team

A healthy Johnston could start in 2021

Believe it or not, the Rams may have selected another “steal of the draft” in round seven. Yes, that’s a tired, overused, and meaningless cliche. Let’s term it this way. If the medical-history fears that NFL teams had about Baylor University’s star inside linebacker Clay Johnston are unfounded, the Rams acquired a likely second or third round talent at a position of significant need late in the seventh-round.

Johnston was a standout player on a standout college football program. However, his college career was diminished with a series of injures. The most significant, and the most hurtful to his draft hopes, was the knee injury which sidelined him for the rest of his 2019 season after only six games. Despite that early end to his season, he still managed to record 58 tackles, 2.5 sacks, eight tackles-for-losses, and one interception.