Nobody was likely happier about Kahmel Johnson’s recent commitment to UCF than his mother, Jesika.
“My momma was going crazy. She was crying and [was emotional],” Johnson shared with the Sentinel on Sunday, just hours after he signed with the Knights from the transfer portal.
It’s a homecoming, of sorts, for the 6-foot-2, 200-pound defensive back, who hails from Jacksonville, where he excelled at football and track and field at Riverside High School before leaving the state to play at Wayne State College, a Division II school in Nebraska.
Johnson is coming off a breakout season with the Wildcats, earning a spot on the first-team, All-NSIC after totaling 37 tackles and 3 interceptions for a team that finished 7-4 and was the runner-up to Augustana University in the South Division of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.