Texas offers PNG’s Johnson

Published 6:06 pm Wednesday, January 25, 2017

It was only a matter of time before Texas came calling for Roschon Johnson.

The Longhorns are the sixth football program to offer the Port Neches-Groves sophomore quarterback a scholarship. Johnson announced the offer on Twitter Wednesday.

Two days earlier, Lamar, Oklahoma and Houston all put forward scholarships to Johnson, who led the Indians to the regional semifinal of the 5A Division II playoffs.

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About I.C. Murrell

I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

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