Sophomore high school football recruit Deandre Johnson of Miami, Florida is in stable condition and recovering after being stabbed at school by a fellow female student.
Killian football coach Cory Johnson said he’s optimistic sophomore defensive end Deandre Johnson, who was stabbed Tuesday morning by a fellow female student during lunch on campus, will recover from his injuries.
“The school has asked us to just let people know he’s in stable condition and in the process of recovering,” the coach told The Miami Herald shortly after visiting the 15-year-old and his family in the hospital. “It’s a critical injury, but he’s stable.”
Johnson, no relation to the coach, is one of the standout players in the Class of 2017 locally and a leader for the Cougars. The 6-3, 220-pound defensive end already has a scholarship offer from Temple.
Johnson said a handful of players ran over to him to tell him what had happened to Johnson shortly before 11 a.m. today. He said he gathered the team together and they prayed and talked a little bit about what happened.
“I’ve had players from the past calling me all day trying to find out what happened, reaching out in support of Deandre,” Johnson said. “We lost a lot of leaders [from an 11-1 team] to graduation. Deandre has been setting the tone for us in workouts. He’s going to be one of the leaders the kids look up to the next two years.”
I don’t know what drove the young lady to stab this young man, but I hope he is able to make a full recovery and is able to put this nasty incident behind him. I don’t know what he could have done as a sophomore in high school that would make a girl want to stab him.