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Bo Nix reveals adopted brother Tez Johnson ‘wants me to go somewhere he can go join me when he’s ready’ in NFL Draft
The pair's relationship is an incredible story
BO Nix says his adopted brother Tez Johnson is desperate to join him in the NFL.
The former Oregon Ducks quarterback, 24, is being touted as a potential first-round pick in this month's NFL Draft.
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Nix met Johnson in high school where they were both coached by the passer's dad - former player and coach Patrick.
Johnson, 21, ended up moving in with the family and Nix then managed to get him to Oregon.
Kay Adams asked about their relationship at college after inviting the quarterback onto her Up & Adams show.
"Yeah it was a dream come true, I didn't think I was going to be able to play with him again but we had an opportunity," Nix said.
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"We needed some receivers, we didn't have much depth at that position and I was like 'I know a guy who'd fit great in our system, in our scheme.'
"Coach (Dan) Lanning and coach (Junior) Adams went out and recruited him and got him in there.
"It was fun to play with him one more time. Hopefully it wasn't the last."
"You're not going to tell me where you want to go, where does he want you to go?" Adams enquired.
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"He wants me to go somewhere that'll let me be me," added Nix.
"He wants me to go somewhere where he can join me after when he's ready."
Nix has opened up on first meeting Johnson in previous interviews.
“I didn’t really know Tez until the day I went out there and threw for the first time,” Nix told the Pac-12 Network.
“The first person that comes running out on the field is this little bitty scrawny kid, probably one of the skinniest kids I’ve ever seen in my entire life.
“I knew right then and there that I didn’t wanna leave.”
Johnson on the Nix family
“He has great ball skills. He runs great routes. I ask him, and this dude played QB the year before.
"He was on JV, ninth grade QB, he didn’t even play receiver. You realize, this kid is a great kid, has great heart, he just never had the opportunity to show it. He didn’t necessarily have a great situation.”
Johnson and Nix Sr soon realized he had the potential to play football in college, but his mother, Shamika Johnson, “didn’t feel she could provide an environment to help him thrive.”
The Nix family offered him a place to stay - and the rest is history.
“I pulled up to the house, walked in, and they were sitting at the dinner table,” Johnson said. “I knew right then and there that I didn’t wanna leave.”
