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Meet Gus Johnson, tonight's surprise Cowboys running back: 'Contact is something I kind of like'

Gus Johnson was hungry after working out at the Athletic Performance Lab in Katy. He hopped into a car with his agent to go eat.

His agent took a call on the way to Pappasito’s. The Cowboys wanted Johnson to join them in training camp. The charter for Oxnard was leaving in two days.

The running back from Stephen F. Austin had no idea what was happening as he sat in the passenger seat.

“I really wasn’t paying attention,’’ Johnson said. “I’m a young kid, so anytime I can be on my phone, my head’s down in my phone.