High School
Football is Family: The Story Behind Jashaud Johnson's Touchdown
Humble Summer Creek Bulldogs senior defensive linemen Jashaud Johnson scored a touchdown on a punt block just 24 hours after his father, Eric, passed away.
Kenny Harrison remembers when the father first walked into Humble Summer Creek’s coaches’ office like it happened yesterday. His son wasn’t even in high school yet, but Dad wanted an exercise regimen, position advice, anything to help the boy succeed.
Eric Johnson wasn’t an overbearing sports dad and didn’t have time to be one. He was a paramedic and EMT with the Harris County Emergency Corps and Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital. But Eric knew his son had an athletic gift that could take him to a college education, and he’d do his part to get him there.
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