Football
Joel Coleman, Senior Writer
STARKVILLE – Jaden Crumedy and Jett Johnson are no strangers to success.
The Mississippi State football defensive stars have impressive resumes on the gridiron and are both now knocking at the door of their NFL dreams. However, it’s not just on the field where Crumedy and Johnson have excelled.
Crumedy and Johnson are both set to celebrate the completion of their master’s degrees in workforce leadership and for each guy, it’s an incredibly meaningful conclusion to their time in Starkville.
“It’s so awesome,” Johnson said. “Very thankful to be leaving here with two degrees…It’s a huge blessing.”
Crumedy has similar feelings.
“It means a lot to me,” Crumedy said. “[My degrees] allow me to be involved in something I want to be involved in after football…It’s just given me a better opportunity. It’s just a great honor to be able to accomplish all this and I’m just happy about it.”
Make no mistake, both Johnson and Crumedy have the potential to head into the NFL soon. Both have already declared their intentions to be in the upcoming NFL Draft, and both showed in their State football careers they have the ability to make a living playing on Sundays.
Johnson is an All-Southeastern Conference linebacker that led the league in tackles a year ago, then was second in the conference in takedowns this past season. He’s had a combined 245 tackles over the last two seasons. Teammate and fellow MSU linebacker Nathaniel Watson is the only SEC player with more over that span, leading Johnson by only five tackles.
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