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The Thundering Word: Johansson’s long road paved with effort, opportunity

HUNTINGTON – When Alex Mirabal arrived at Marshall as offensive line coach in February 2013, he heard a lot about two Herd youngsters who had no resumes … and what he heard wasn’t good.

Well, turns out those two players were more than pretty good. One is right tackle Clint Van Horn, who was an All-Conference USA first team pick in 2014 – a year after being a second team selection. Van Horn missed most of this season due to injury.

The other is left guard Sebastian “Swede” Johansson, a 2015 All-C-USA first teamer who will close his career as a three-year starter on Dec.