FOOTBALL: PNG’s Johnson competes in Elite 11 finals
Published 2:48 pm Monday, June 4, 2018
Port Neches-Groves senior Roschon Johnson made a list of 24 quarterbacks who competed this past weekend in the Elite 11 Finals, an elite quarterback camp and competition in Los Angeles.
The top 12, in this year’s case, advance to the June 30-July 3 The Opening finals at The Star in Frisco. Johnson, who is orally committed to the University of Texas, won a regional competition of The Opening in Euless on April 29, but did not make the final 12, however.
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The final Elite 11, as announced on 247sports.com, includes: Spencer Rattler of Phoenix; Bo Nix of Pinson, Alabama; Jayden Daniels of San Bernadino, California; Max Duggan of Counci Bluffs, Iowa; Ty Evans of Monument, Colorado; Brian Maurer of Ocala, Florida; Cade McNamara of Reno, Nevada; Graham Mertz of Mission, Kansas; Dylan Morris of Graham, Washington; Ryan Hilinski of Orange, California; Sam Howell, Monroe, North Carolina; and Taulia Tagovailoa of Alabaster, Alabama. Tagovailoa’s older brother, Tua, quarterbacked Alabama to the national championship in January.
The Opening finals include the Nike Football 7-on-7 Championship, Final 5 Lineman Challenge and Nike Football Rating Championship.
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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