COLLEGE STATION – The strange story of former Texas A&M receiver Thomas Johnson turned tragic on Monday.
Johnson, 21, was arrested on charges of murder after police say he hacked a random jogger to death along the White Rock Creek Trail in Dallas, according to multiple media outlets in Dallas-Fort Worth.
In nearly 20 years of covering the Aggies for a handful of newspapers, Johnson’s tale is perhaps the strangest I’ve come across regarding A&M. He had three key catches in the Aggies’ 29-24 toppling of top-ranked Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Nov. 10, 2012, and two days later simply went missing in College Station – one hour before A&M’s practice that Monday.