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SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006
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the Stallions’ administra
tive staff, and she got the
call from James Hamp, the
Warriors’ general manager,
for help getting in touch
with the former players.
Johnson helped making the
phone calls, and several of
those Stallions met to get
this new team started.
“To be honest, I was going
to be through with the SFL,”
said Johnson. “I had NFL
combine tryouts with a lot
of teams and I had recom
mendations from people who
played in the NFL. They
came and saw me play. I was
trying to go ahead and go to
the next level. All of that was
going to happen in May.”
After his stay in the hospi
tal, Johnson decided to shift
his focus back to the SFL and
help out with International
City.
“I wanted to laugh and
trip out with the guys, show
I’m still the same Jarrod, “
he said. “You cuss me out,
I’ll cuss you out. You joke on
me, I’ll joke on you. I let the
guys know I still love them,
my brothers, because I know
they said they prayed for me
and came and saw me when
I got out of the hospital.”
Johnson absolutely takes
his coaching responsibilities
seriously, and he goes about
it like a veteran.
“It’s hard to see these guys
and be a coach when I was
playing with them a couple
of years ago,” said Johnson.
“Overall, I’m getting the
idea of it. It’s kind of fun. I
might look at it in the future
and get more experience. A
lot of people start out right
here.
“The SFL’s like a second
chance. It was a second
chance for me, a blessing
for me. I got awards. People
came and saw me. If you
dedicate yourself it can hap
pen. I had more qualifica
tions than I needed, but the
Lord for reasons felt I wasn’t
ready to go to the NFL and
sent me on another path.”
Johnson hasn’t lost his
dedication and work ethic
towards football, as shown
by his willingness to work
in the hot weather to help
his team.
“I work hard at what I do
and try to better myself so
somebody can look up to me
and say ‘I want to be like
him,”’ said Johnson.
As for his continuing
recovery, he has to return to
Augusta every other month
and he sees a local doctor.
“It’s hard to go back and
forth to Augusta, see a doc-
"The SFL's like a
second chance.
It was a second
chance for me, a
blessing lor me. I
got awards. People
came and saw me.
If you dedicate
yourself it can
happen. I had more
qualifications than
I needed, but the
Lord for reasons
felt I wasn't ready
to go to the NFL
and sent me on
another path."
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tor and be there all day,”
said Johnson. “It’s a good
little trip.
“I still have blood clots in
my leg. I have a filter in my
chest to stop the blood clots
from getting to my heart. I
had real bad blood clots at
the time when it happened.
They check up on that. As
long as I know somebody’s
watching me.”
He was also advised not to
overdo anything. However,
that work ethic won’t allow
him to slow down. He said
it makes Nicole mad when
he tries to run with the
Warriors.
“If I feel good, I feel good,”
said Johnson. “If I don’t, I
don’t. If I don’t feel good,
I’ll stop. Believe me, I’m a
hard person to stop. I guess
I’m just going at the Lord’s
pace.”
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