Xavier Johnson

Johnson grew up in Spotsylvania County, Virginia but moved to Woodbridge, Virginia to be closer to Bishop O'Connell High School after he enrolled at the school. He entered high school at 5'6, but grew six inches by his senior year. He became Bishop O'Connell's starting point guard as a junior and was named second team All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) after averaging 10.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists. Johnson was named the (WCAC) Player of the Year, as well a first team All-State and first team All-Metro by The Washington Post, as a senior after averaging 18.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game. Rated the 39th-best point guard prospect in his class by ESPN and a three-star recruit by 247Sports, Johnson originally committed to play college basketball at the University of Nebraska over Georgetown and Georgia Tech. Johnson requested that Nebraska release…