His tweet on Saturday was simple.
I’m just here to play football.
Yes, you are, My-King Johnson, and here’s to you for being brave and honest and trailblazing.
To be transparent about who you are about to become, the first active openly gay scholarship player in major college football, will have a profound impact on a generation of youth grappling with their sexuality.
It won’t be easy.
The slurs already have surfaced on social media.
"I do feel like when I say that, it can put a target on my back,” the Arizona Wildcats football recruit told the Arizona Daily Star.