Former Cowboy Dies Of Cancer

FORMER WYOMING COWBOY FOOTBALL PLAYER WESTON JOHNSON LOST HIS BATTLE WITH MELANOMA CANCER. HE WAS JUST 27 YEARS OLD AND IN FACT TURNED 27 LAST WEDNESDAY. AFTER HIS PLAYING CAREER IN LARAMIE,  HE WAS A GRAD ASSISANT AT U-W AND THEN  AN ASSISTANT COACH AT SHERIDAN HIGH SCHOOL.

JOHNSON HAD A GREAT CAREER IN LARAMIE WITH THE COWBOYS. HE WAS A CAPTAIN HIS SENIOR YEAR AND IN 2009 HE HAD 106 TACKLES OVERALL AND HAD 13 TACKLES FOR LOSS WHICH LED THE TEAM.

HE ALSO HAD 3 INTERCEPTIONS THAT SEASON FROM THAT LINEBACKER SPOT. HE WAS A SMART FOOTBALL PLAYER AND WAS A BIG REASON THE POKES WENT TO THE NEW MEXICO BOWL AND BEAT FRESNO STATE IN THAT GAME.

MORE THAN THAT, WESTON JOHNSON WAS AN AWESOME HUMAN BEING, ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH SOME VALUABLE INSIGHT AND A SMILE. HE'LL BE MISSED.