The winds were blowing hard through Brownsburg the other day, knocking over trees and backyard tables and leaving shattered glass all over the yard of Hunter Johnson’s parents. Remember that wind? It was in the news. Remember Hunter Johnson?
So was he.
From 2013-16 Johnson was the best high school quarterback Brownsburg’s ever had, a five-star recruit, rated No. 1 in the country at his position. He was the 2016 IndyStar Mr. Football winner, and he was going to Clemson. You could see his future, we all could see it, but it didn’t look like anything that happened. The wind can blow. The wind can break things.
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Johnson goes to Clemson, where coach Dabo Swinney is sitting in a golf cart one day in 2017 with Brownsburg coach John Hart. They’re watching spring practice, and Swinney is marveling to Hart that he’s staring at the best two recruits he’s ever had – he’s ever seen – right there on his football field. One is Johnson, competing during spring ball after graduating from Brownsburg that December.
The other is a recruit who has committed to Clemson. He’s there, watching practice. He’ll report in less than a year. His name is Trevor Lawrence.
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