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  Hunter Johnson stood just inside a tunnel at Memorial Stadium, admitting to some feelings of déjà vu as he completed another practice with his old-and-new team. Then Clemson coach Dabo Swinney walked by, repeating one of his new favorite words. "Boomerang...boomerang..." Swinney loves it. In the era of the transfer portal, when players are hopping from one school to another, Clemson made a rare decision to take a player from another university. But he took Johnson, a sixth-year quarterback who spent four years at Northwestern after a freshman season at Clemson. He left, then came back.

When the former five-star prospect transferred in the summer of 2018, he made what felt like a very permanent decision. Johnson was leaving behind what felt like - and turned out to be - a championship team. That was hard. But the era of Trevor Lawrence was dawning. Johnson loved Clemson, but he needed a fresh start. So he went out the door, never expecting to come back. He didn't know what the next four years at Northwestern would hold, dealing with concussions, knee injuries, and a pandemic. It's only because of the pandemic - and the NCAA granting athletes an additional year of eligibility - that Johnson can wear a Clemson uniform again. "Just putting all that in perspective, I've really been trying to soak it up this year and just have fun with it," Johnson said. "If this is my last year, and I have an opportunity to play at all after this, just knowing that I gave it all I had." - Charleston Post Courier


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