Michigan football standouts Will Johnson and Semaj Morgan both stopped short of pinching themselves last Sunday afternoon, but it wouldn’t have been a surprise if they’d needed to.
With Christmas lights strung around their necks and Johnson’s branded signature “turnover Buffs” resting on the bridge of their noses, U-M’s underclassman duo posed for pictures and signed autographs for fans at The Blue Leprechaun on South University in Ann Arbor.
There was only one condition in order to join: Attendees had to bring a toy to donate for a child in need.
“Me and Semaj, we grew up together, playing football together, and doing stuff like this now, it’s like everything we dreamed of, everything we worked for,” Johnson told the Free Press. “It feels great to be able to do it, and do it together.”
Michigan football’s Will Johnson and Semaj Morgan taking pictures with fans at their toy drive fundraiser at the Blue Leprechaun in Ann Arbor. pic.twitter.com/ZHEyRaqmLy
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Teammate Blake Corum helped spearhead a similar toy drive at Somerset Mall in Troy earlier this month that helped gather more than 25,000 toys for Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries. Several teammates, including Johnson, attended Corum’s event, but the event at The Blue Leprechaun was a separate idea entirely.
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Both grew up in metro Detroit — Johnson, a former five-star class of 2022 recruit, attended Grosse Pointe South and Morgan, an all-state player in the class of 2023, starred at West Bloomfield — and said they wanted to pay it forward as soon as they were able.
“Me and Will, we’re the type of kids, we want to give back to give back to the community we’re from and just anybody we…
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Publish date : 2023-12-24 11:07:22
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