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A 'glue guy' on the hardwood, Kaden Johnson is prime target of Huskers as edge rusher

Lance Johnson coaches boys basketball for Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, a powerhouse high school sports program in the state.

Many of his players also play on the private school's football team, including 6-foot-4, 220-pound Kaden Johnson — one of the Nebraska football team's prime recruiting targets in the class of 2020.

It's easy to understand why Kaden Johnson is a main Husker target, coach Lance Johnson says.

"He's an edge rusher," the coach said Tuesday. "The upside to Kaden is he's going to get in a college program that locks him in a weight room and chisels him.