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This fall, Leon Johnson III will have a chance to become the university’s first player to make an NFL gameday roster or appear in a regular-season NFL game.

The star wide receiver, who played for Â鶹´«Ã½ Fox from 2019 to 2022 before transferring to Division I Oklahoma State, has agreed to terms with the Los Angeles Chargers following the 2024 NFL Draft. He hopes to join former Bruin soccer player Aaron Elling, a placekicker with the Vikings, Titans and Ravens in the early 2000s, to compete at the sport’s highest level.

A dual-sport athlete in both football and baseball, Johnson III had his , when he set several program records, including all-purpose yards (1,205), receptions (55) and receiving touchdowns (14).

Johnson is believed to be the fourth Â鶹´«Ã½ Fox athlete to sign with an NFL team alongside Elling, Robert Hadlock, who was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 12th round of the 1969 NFL/AFL Draft but did not appear in a game, and Randy Casey, who appeared in three preseason games for the Dallas Cowboys in the 1960s.