TEMPE — “King!,” a teammate shouts from across Tempe High School's crowded weight room.
My-King Johnson, an imposing figure even in a room full of football players, looks up mid-push-up, and responds to the summons to the coach's office. He glides across the room in seconds, then slides into a chair in coach Brian Walker’s office. The chair stresses to contain his 6-foot-4-inch, 225-pound frame.
Johnson leans back, breathes and smiles. It's been a couple weeks since Johnson signed a national letter of intent to play at the University of Arizona, and he says he's “still excited to be a Wildcat.