Hunter Johnson was the wunderkind.
Even growing up in the football-rich state of Indiana, Johnson stood out from everyone else. He could throw passes with both zip and touch at an early age, earning the starting quarterback job on his high school’s varsity football team as a freshman. As a member of an Indiana state finalist 4x400 meter relay team, Johnson also possessed enough speed to keep his game on the field from being one-dimensional. His play at Brownsburg High School — where he set school records with 6,657 passing yards and 69 touchdowns as a four-year starter — garnered him a comparison from his head coach, John Hart, that bears quite a bit of weight in the Hoosier State.