Former NFL wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson Sr. scolded his son Keyshawn Johnson Jr. following the announcement Johnson Jr. would take an extended leave of absence from the Nebraska football team as a result of a marijuana possession citation in a dorm room this month.
“Your’re in college now,” Johnson Sr. told the Omaha World-Herald. “You’re an adult. You’re not a kid. You take a look at it from afar and let me know how important it is to you.”
Johnson Jr. was a three-star recruit and member of the Cornhuskers’ 2016 recruiting class. Nebraska coach Mike Riley supported the leave of absence as a joint decision by the athletic department, Johnson Sr., a former USC standout who had an 11-year NFL career and Johnson Jr., who has hopes of rejoining the program in January after taking six months to “mature.”
“One thing you will not do as my son is you will not embarrass Nebraska, you will not embarrass Mike Riley and you will not embarrass this family,” Johnson Sr. added. “If you mature and you’re ready to resume your football career and academic goals, then Nebraska will be ready to embrace you.”
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