Texas top-50 WR commit Johntay Cook II scores TD in Texas state title game

Desoto (Texas) four-star wide receiver Johntay Cook II is playing in the biggest game of his life so far today.

Desoto is playing Austin (Texas) Vandegrift in the Texas 6A-DII state championship at AT&T Stadium, and Cook scored the first touchdown of the game.

The Texas commit received a short pass around 35 yard line, beat his defender to the outside and hit the jets down the sideline to score a touchdown.

He is the No. 45 overall recruit and No. 8 wide receiver in the 2023 cycle, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

Johntay Cook gets DeSoto on the board with a TD catch and run. #HookEm @_jayythegreat_ #TXHSFB #UILState pic.twitter.com/g9wp2bHEHr

— Greg Powers (@GPowersScout) December 17, 2022

He currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $288k. The On3 NIL Valuation is the industry’s leading index that sets high school and college athletes’ projected annual value (PAV). The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.

Johntay Cook Scouting Summary

Smooth-moving receiver who is one of the better route-runners in the 2023 cycle. Shows the ability to tempo and toggle speeds within his routes. Can win at all levels of the field. Has long arms with a 6-foot-4 wing-span at 5-foot-11.5. The length helps create a large catch radius. Productive and efficient as a junior while facing top competition at one of the top talent-producing high school programs in Texas. Scored 18 touchdowns on just 38 receptions as a junior. Will need to continue improving on his reliability as a pass-catcher and eliminate concentration drops.