Moment: Johnson Follows Purple Wall
October 15, 2020
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
Brad Johnson saw the wall and was off to the races.
The star do-everything player for Schoolcraft had already scored one touchdown on the day in the 1988 Class D Football Final against Frankfort at the Pontiac Silverdome, and back in a punt return mode in the second quarter, he faked a reverse, saw the wall and he was gone.
An 87-yard punt return, the longest in state finals history by a good 25 yards.
“After making my fake, I looked up and there was a wall,” Johnson told the Detroit Free Press. “All I had to do was outrun everybody.”
The play gave the Eagles a 21-7 lead at the time and broke the game wide open. Schoolcraft cruised to a 42-7 victory to finish the season at 13-0.
PHOTO by Gary Shook.
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This week on STATE CHAMPS! Extra Point. Lorne Plant, Sydney Cariel and Devin Gardner recap the notable games from Week 1 and they'll preview the marquee games going into Week 2.
1:27 - Southfield A&T vs. Cass Tech
3:34 - West Bloomfield vs. Sterling Heights Stevenson
4:57 - Rochester Adams vs. OLSM
6:22 - Macomb Dakota vs. Brother Rice
8:41 - Chippewa Valley vs. Detroit Catholic Central
10:21 - Trenton vs. Chelsea
12:22 - Top 20 Rankings
20:04 - Mr. Football Update
22:47 - DMC Gamechangers
25:58 - Anvil Award
31:45 - Southfield A & T vs. Clarkston Preview
32:26 - Catholic Central vs. Davison Preview
33:49 - Hudsonville vs. OLSM Preview
35:45 - De La Salle vs. Muskegon Preview
38:08 - Bally Sports Detroit Game of the Week Preview (Groves vs. Oxford)