In one play, his football career was finished.
During a scrimmage on April 3, Johnson went down with what was originally thought to be a stinger.
It was much worse than that.
UF doctors diagnosed Johnson with congenital cervical stenosis, which is the narrowing of the spinal canal enveloping the spinal cord, not allowing enough fluid to gather around the spinal cord to protect it from injury.
Football can be a cruel sport.
But Johnson is seeing things half glass full.
He will have a role on the football team as a student assistant.