Former West Virginia WR Tory Johnson Sr. never expected signing day to feel like this. He walked into it ready to celebrate his son’s moment. But instead, he found himself pulled into a memory he’s spent more than a decade learning to carry. When his son Travis Savage Johnson put pen to paper for Michigan, he was thinking about a teammate he lost and the son who now shares a field and a rivalry with his own.

“My son Travis Savage Johnson, signed with Michigan. Today, Chris Henry Jr. signed with Ohio State,” Tory Johnson Sr. posted on X on December 5. “Me and his father, Chris Henry Sr., were teammates at WVU. Rest in peace, brother — I know you’re smiling down. Now our sons will face off in one of the biggest rivalries in college.”

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