If this football thing doesn’t work out, maybe Kerryon Johnson should join the track and field squad. He’d be a star in the hurdles.
Johnson, a freshman running back at Auburn, made a SportsCenter Top 10 play Saturday when he hurdled an Arkansas defender on the tail end of a 19-yard run. His form was so good that it caught the attention of U.S. Olympian Lolo Jones.
Superb! Kerryon Johnson. Prime lead leg. Trail leg snaps down. Would've gave A+ but he didn't run much off hurdle.A- pic.twitter.com/IjpJ18D4jv
Jones, who specialized in the 60- and 100-meter hurdles, won three NCAA titles at LSU and went on to represent the U.