Athlete
Lincoln Northeast (Class of 1999)
In the classroom and on the playing field, Trevor Johnson excelled. In the top one percent academically, the unanimous prep athlete of the year excelled in three sports. After missing most of his junior football season with a broken leg, the tight end/defensive end caught 42 passes for 736 yards and 10 touchdowns his senior year. On defense, he was credited with 54 tackles, including 13 for a loss, seven sacks and eight pass break-ups while leading the 10-2 Rockets to the state semifinal. All-state in football and basketball and an all-class gold medalist in the discus, he helped the Rockets to three straight basketball championships. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he was a four-year football letterman. He played four years in the NFL.
