[OutsiderFan]

This does not sound like our recruiting staff:

David Lombardi ‏@davidmlombardi
4-star CB Johnny Johnson hasn't heard from Stanford in month. "I guess they didn’t want me as much... so that’s fine, I’m moving on."

If a recruit stops hearing from a school, it means the school is no longer interested in the recruit, even if the recruit was offered by the school.  It is doubtful Johnson would have submitted an application.  It seems to me Stanford gives recruits who submit applications a lot of deference; they respect the hell out of the kids who do, and stay with them until they hear word on admissions.  I would be surprised Stanford dropped Johnson like a hot potato as a result of admissions bad news.  Perhaps he never submitted an application, and that's why he stopped hearing from Stanford.  That would be more plausible, IMO.
Then again, it is also possible Stanford has found what it believes to be a better use of the scholarship offered to Johnson, and that could be based on how well Alex Carter has performed as a Frosh, and who they believe they will land in 2014.

[OutsiderFan]

This does not sound like our recruiting staff:

David Lombardi ‏@davidmlombardi
4-star CB Johnny Johnson hasn't heard from Stanford in month. "I guess they didn’t want me as much... so that’s fine, I’m moving on."

If a recruit stops hearing from a school, it means the school is no longer interested in the recruit, even if the recruit was offered by the school.  It is doubtful Johnson would have submitted an application.  It seems to me Stanford gives recruits who submit applications a lot of deference; they respect the hell out of the kids who do, and stay with them until they hear word on admissions.  I would be surprised Stanford dropped Johnson like a hot potato as a result of admissions bad news.  Perhaps he never submitted an application, and that's why he stopped hearing from Stanford.  That would be more plausible, IMO.
Then again, it is also possible Stanford has found what it believes to be a better use of the scholarship offered to Johnson, and that could be based on how well Alex Carter has performed as a Frosh, and who they believe they will land in 2014.