SDSU legend Cade Johnson on playing with all-time Jackrabbits... and becoming one
About this episode
Cade Johnson discusses his remarkable football career at SDSU and his journey towards the NFL.
Imagine, if you will: One of the greatest, most electric, most prolific football players in South Dakota State University history almost never played football. That was a shocking revelation during Cade Johnson's 72-minute Happy Hour chat on Tuesday. He shared plenty of stories about the Jackrabbit A-listers he played with (and for) during his 2016-19 career, making the hour-plus chat worthwhile: John Stiegelmeier Dan Jackson Jason Eck Eric Eidness Taryn Christion Dallas Goedert Jake Weineke The explosive wideout from the Omaha area was a first-team All-American in his third and final season wearing blue and yellow in 2019, and he owns the school records for most receiving touchdowns in a game (4) and a season (17). Johnson burst onto the season as a redshirt freshman in 2017 by setting the single season SDSU record for kickoff return yards (839) and was the first Jackrabbit to score more than one touchdown on a kickoff return in a season in 54 years. One of those scores came on a 95-yard bolt in the third game of his career. Now a commercial realtor back in Omaha — while still training for an NFL call that could come any day — Johnson ranks in the top 10 in every career…
Topics covered
- football
- SDSU
- Jackrabbits
- NFL Draft
- athlete stories
- sports history
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