Given the success Kenneth Johnson has enjoyed for the Abilene High defense this season, it might be hard to believe that the senior outside linebacker was a reluctant tackler as recently as last season.
But that was the case for the Eagles’ breakout star, who admits he was “low-key afraid of contact” and “kind of a benchwarmer” as a junior.
But quite a lot has changed for Johnson over the past 10 months, which have seen the once defensive project emerge as one of the best and most disruptive defenders in all of the Big County. And now that he is finally realizing the substantial potential coach Mike Fullen always knew he had, the senior is trying to make the most of a senior season he hopes will earn him an opportunity to play even more football in the future.