To explain the legacy of most NFL football players, you usually begin with what they did on the field. Their stats, honors, and championships.
To capture the true nature of Edward Stanton Johnson III — known to football fans in Washington as Tre' — it's best to start after his career was over.
He didn’t go into the broadcast booth or begin climbing the coaching ladder. He didn’t trade on his name and associations to enter the business world. Johnson went back to school.
The offensive lineman ditched the pads and became a history teacher at a small all-boys private school just outside Washington.