High School Football Recruit Deandre Johnson Stabbed by Student at School
Miami Killian Senior High School sophomore defensive end Deandre Johnson was stabbed Tuesday morning by a female student but is expected to make a full recovery.
Manny Navarro of the Miami Herald reported on the scary incident, featuring comments from Killian head coach Cory Johnson, which offer an encouraging update on his player's status:
"The school has asked us to just let people know he's in stable condition and in the process of recovering. It's a critical injury, but he's stable.
[...] Deandre missed most of the 2014 season for us with a fractured fibula, but he came back and played in the playoffs for us and played well. He was just hitting 100 percent and feeling good. In January he was finally ready to go, no holds barred.
He went out to Texas for the U.S. Army All-American combine and did really well. He's a bright kid, good kid, 3.3 GPA. The football team's prayers and faith are with Deandre. We'll be there for him throughout his recovery.
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Peter Burke of Local10.com reports that Johnson, 15, was stabbed by a 17-year-old girl. She was charged with possession of a weapon on school property and attempted murder, the latter of which is a felony.
Citing Miami-Dade Schools Police, WSVN 7News reports that the stabbing occurred outside Killian Senior High's cafeteria in the courtyard.
Deandre Johnson's father, Andre Johnson, criticized the school's security in expressing his thoughts on the matter.
"I'm upset. I'm hurt. I'm disappointed in the [Miami]-Dade County public school system," said Andre Johnson, per Burke. "How did a young female, a woman get a knife inside the Miami-Dade public school system?"
Deandre Johnson has received a scholarship offer from Temple, per Navarro, and figures to garner more attention as a recruit in the class of 2017.
Listed at 6'2", 220 pounds on 247Sports, Johnson is also marked down with a 4.70-second 40-yard dash. The website lists Army, Duke and the local Miami Hurricanes as schools that have expressed interest in Johnson to date.
Most important at the moment is that Johnson's recovery goes well after he had surgery at Nicklaus Children's Hospital Tuesday to treat a pierced lung and artery, according to the Local 10 report.
