MORGANTOWN, WV – OCTOBER 1: Terare Johnson of the Kansas State Wildcats in action during a game against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Mountaineers Field on October 1, 2016 in Morgantown, West Virginia. #56. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
SHAWNEE, Kan. (KSNT) – A Manhattan High School graduate and former K-State football player died Saturday.
Terare Johnson passed away on Saturday, April 20th at the age of 29. Johnson graduated from MHS in 2012 and went on to play football for two seasons at Hutchinson Community College and three seasons at K-State University. Johnson was with the Wildcats from the 2014 to 2016 seasons.
In his final year of college football, the 6-foot-1 offensive lineman started all 13 games and earned first-team All-Big 12 honors.
Most recently, Johnson worked as an assistant football coach at Shawnee Mission South and Mill Valley High School in the KC area. Johnson is also listed as a para/resource teacher on his website for SMSHS.
“We would like to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Terare Johnson.” Mill Valley Football said in a social media post. “You are gone too soon…Rest in peace Coach Johnson, your legacy will live on.”
“Coach T. [Shawnee Mission] South football program and community,” Shawnee Mission South head football coach Nick Foster told 27 News in a written statement. “He was loved by all and we will miss him very much. We are praying for his family and all those affected by this tragic loss. I love Coach T.”
Foster worked with Johnson at both Mill Valley and SM South.
KSNT has not yet confirmed how he died.
