Sunday, July 6, 2014

FAMU's Johnson has a penchant for big hits, picks

TALLAHASSEE, Florida  -- There is a good chance that no team in the MEAC has any doubt about Terry Johnson's physicality.

Not if they've seen the times he's floored an opposing player in his three seasons as defensive back on the FAMU football team.

The scenario is almost the same every time one of his big hits puts a receiver on the turf. For a split second (before the referee sees him and drops a flag) Johnson would celebrate. Sort of the way Muhammad Ali stood over Sonny Liston in the famous photo of the "phantom punch" knockout.

Being physical isn't something that Johnson, a former three-sport athlete at Rickards High School, developed recently.



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