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The Vol. 88, Issue 15 | March 11 - March 24, 2010

HURRICANESTUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE IN CORALORARAL GGAGABLES,ABLBLEESS, FLFFLORIDA,LOORRIDIDAA,, SSINCE 1929 He’s back NFL returns to his roots at UM, plans to finish his liberal arts degree

BY CHRISTINA DE NICOLA MANAGING EDITOR

ike any other day, Karen John- back Willis McGahee were early - son picked up her son Andre ees on a team that sent eight players from his football practice at to the . Johnson was selected third and began cooking dinner. overall by the LRated the No. 3 receiver in the coun- in the 2003 NFL Draft. try by The Sporting News, Andre was look- When he made the de- ing over recruiting letters from universities cision to leave and pursue such as Miami and Southern California, his professional football while his mom stood alone in the kitchen career, his mom had one and suddenly heard a voice. condition: Johnson would “It was like somebody was on the side come back to finish his of me whispering in my ear saying, ‘Go degree. tell Andre that if he goes to the University Seven years later, of Miami he will win a national champi- the 6-foot-3, 228-pound onship,’” she said. “A couple of nights lat- football player stayed er, we were heading to dinner with UM, true to his word and and Andre said, ‘I think I’m going to go to enrolled for the 2010 UM. And maybe two years later, we’ll win spring semester. the national championship.’” “It was just some- Three years later, as a redshirt sopho- thing I always wanted more, that’s exactly what Andre Johnson to do,” he said. “I al- did when he earned co-MVP at the 2002 ways told my mom Rose Bowl. that if I left school The following season, after catching early, I’d come back 52 passes for 1,092 yards and a team-high and finish. So I just nine touchdowns, Johnson and the Hur- felt like it was time ricanes lost in the national title game to to come back and Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl. get it done.” He and redshirt sophomore running

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