20 Questions with Brandon Johnson
Christian Caple
May 29, 2008
Sport: Football
Year: Sophomore-to-be
Position: Tailback
Hometown: Hawthorne, Calif.
1. What’s your favorite place in Seattle?
“I haven’t really had a chance to see Seattle, but I like downtown, just walking around and seeing all the different stuff that we don’t have in Los Angeles.”
2. Who is your favorite actor?
“Chris Tucker”
3. If you didn’t play football, what sport would you play?
“I probably wouldn’t play sports. Maybe track.”
4. What is your favorite class at UW?
“Sociology 270 (Social problems)”
5. Who is your favorite athlete at UW?
“E.J. Savannah”
6. What is your favorite TV show?
“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”
7. What is your favorite food?
“Tacos”
8. If you could visit any place in the world, where would you go?
“Brazil”
9. What is your favorite pickup line?
“Will Smith has some great ones on The Fresh Prince. Just watch that.”
10. What is your favorite kind of music?
“I like rap and R&B.”
11. What attracts you most to the opposite sex?
“Personality”
12. Five years from now, I will be …
“In the NFL”
13. What’s one thing most people don’t know about you?
“I’m still just a regular person. A lot of people think that just because we’re football players that we’re different people, but I’m still the same person that I was before I got here and I’m going to continue to be the same person.”
14. What’s one thing you can’t live without?
“My family. Can’t live without them.”
15. If you could switch places with one person for a day, who would it be?
“Maybe Lil Wayne”
16. What’s your favorite professional team/athlete?
Probably LeBron James or Kobe Bryant because they’re just so talented and they can do whatever they want to. My favorite team is probably the Lakers. Another one of my favorite pro athletes is [former Detroit Lions running back] Barry Sanders.
17. What was your most embarrassing moment?
“Against UCLA last year, when I dropped a kickoff return and I picked it up and got hit and had to hear my home town say ‘ooooh.’”
18. If you didn’t go to UW, where would you have gone?
“Probably [University of] Oregon”
19. Who was your hero growing up?
“Walter Payton”
20. If you could switch places with a member of the opposite sex for one day, what would you do?
“I have no idea. I can’t even answer that question.”
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