My-King Johnson
| New Mexico Military Institute – No. 59 | |
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| Position | Defensive end |
| Class | RS Freshman |
| Major | Undecided |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 227 lb (103 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Tempe HS (AZ) |
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My-King Johnson is an American football defensive end.
Early life
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Johnson attended Tempe High School in Tempe, Arizona for four years.
Johnson earned four letters in football as a defensive end and also Johnson is earned three letters in track and field and rugby. Johnson is served as the football team's captain as a senior and he earned All-Conference Honors. Johnson is named First-Team All-District and First-Team All-State and District Defensive Player of the Year. Johnson had 22 sacks, 19 tackles-for-loss, two forced fumbles and 90 total tackles as a senior and he holds the school's all-time sack record.
Johnson earned three star recruit in college football by ESPN, 247sports, Rivals.com and Yahoo Sports.[citation needed] Johnson received a scholarship offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, UCLA, USC and Texas A&M. Johnson initially committed to attend the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), before changing his commitment to Arizona.[1]
College career
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Redshirt freshman year
[edit]Johnson was released from the University of Arizona on May 3, 2019, for an unspecified violation of team rules. He was released with one other player. Neither team nor player specified why. He was released prior to ever playing a game as he sat out as a redshirt.
Sophomore year
[edit]Johnson announced on Twitter on August 19, 2019, that he would be playing his sophomore year 2019–2020 season for the New Mexico Military Institute. He played 7 games during the season and made 9 tackles.
Personal life
[edit]Johnson is the son of Nadette Lewis. He has three sisters, Lonnie, A-Queen and Nadette Johnson. My-King's sister, Lonnie, is a track and field athlete at Abilene Christian University. His major is undecided.
He is openly gay, and he and Scott Frantz are two of the first openly gay players in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.[2] However, in 2017, Johnson redshirted while Frantz became the first openly gay college football player to play in a game for an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision school.[3] In 2014 Arizona State offensive lineman Chip Sarafin became the first openly gay player on an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision roster.[4]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Tempe's My-King Johnson commits to Arizona Wildcats". The Arizona Republic. January 17, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
- ^ "Scott Frantz of Kansas State Wildcats details telling teammates he is gay". ESPN. July 13, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
- ^ Zeigler, Cyd (September 4, 2017). "Big XII football team with openly gay player wins by 36 points. So much for distractions". Outsports. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
- ^ Buzinski, Jim (August 13, 2014). "Arizona State football offensive lineman Chip Sarafin comes out as gay". Outsports. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
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