Tejay Johnson was always a coach, even if it took him a while to realize it.
The former TCU safety who capped his four-year Horned Frogs career with a Rose Bowl win on Jan. 1, 2011, went undrafted and decided to focus on his long-term future instead of chasing a playing career.
For a consensus All-American and All-Mountain West Conference player it seemed hard to comprehend at the time.
Johnson, however, was unfazed. He finished his degree in Habilitation of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and graduated in May 2012.