INTERVIEW WITH SHAQUILLE JOHNSON AFTER WINNING2012 RSEQ FOOTBALL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLRVoiAHvsM
McGill receiver Shaquille Johnson was named RSEQ snd CIS football rookie of the year for 2012. The 5-foot-11, 185-pound native of Brampton, Ont., is the sixth McGill player to win the Quebec league's rookie-of-the-year honours and the second member of the Redmen ever to capture the CIS Peter Gorman Trophy, which was previously won by Michael Soles in 1986.
A 19-year-old management freshman, he led the league in both receptions (61) and reception yardage (792), achieving the fourth-highest single-season catch total in Quebec university history. His 61 receptions was the highest total ever by a CIS rookie, eclipsing the previous mark of 57, set in 2002 by Western's Andy Fantuz.
Johnson also had five touchdown receptions and was voted to the league all-star team. His longest catch-and-run play was an 81-yard effort at Bishop's on Sept. 29. In the final week of the regular season, Johnson tied a single-game league record with 18 receptions against Sherbrooke, equalling the mark held by former McGill star Charles-Antoine Sinotte and falling one short of the CIS national record.
PRIOR TO McGILL: Was recruited to McGill by coach Mickey Donovan... Attended the Canadian junior national team final selection camp for the 2012 International Federation of American Football U-19 World Championship in Austin, Texas (July, 2012)... Was namd an OVFL all-star with 2011 Brampton Bulldogs... Played for the Team Ontario West all-star squad in 2010... Was a two-sport, two-way player at Notre Dame Catholic Secondary in Toronto, where he played both wide-out and defensive back in football and scored 19 TDs in his senior year... Was also a starter on the varsity basketball team... CANADIANPROSPECTS.COM described him as a gritty, hard-nosed athlete blessed with an impressive jumping ability and explosiveness... Aside from his physical talents, his mental toughness is what makes him a stand out. He does not like to lose...period... He plays to won and goes all out. This is the kid you want trying to make the the play at the end of the game because he is going to do everything in his power to bring home the “W”... high school 40-yard time was 4.48 seconds... Shuttle Run: 4.16 seconds.
PERSONAL: Right-handed... Lists basketball's Lebron James and football's Randy Moss as his favourite athletes... Comes from a large family with five brothers and two sisters.
