Nice kid, but not up to the standards of some of the other new models. It's obvious that he's from a small town. Hopefully some time in a large city and being around the other guys will expose him to more of the world outside of the "red neck" town Johnny implied he came from.
I like Johnny's interview's, but he really needs to STOP feeding the guys lines by telling them how they feel or think by saying "it must be like", "it must feel like", etc. I know many of them are at a loss, especially in their first scene's, but he needs to give them half a chance to answer the questions he's asking. It seems he's afraid of any silence of 2 seconds or more before he answer's the question for them and get's the inevitable "yeah", "uh-huh", or the same response reworded as he just prompted them. A pre-interview might possibly really help. He could spend ten minutes on some of the questions and give them time to formulate their own answers without the pressure of the cameras and time limits.
Ryan's not my type, but I wish him well. Sometimes still waters run deep...