NC State's Thomas Remembers Charles Johnson
Before enrolling at NC State, Drake Thomas played football at Heritage High School in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
Former Colorado Buffalo and Pittsburgh Steeler great Charles Johnson initially served as a member of the coaching staff of NC State legend and former Steeler teammate Dewayne Washington.
Johnson passed away on July 17 at the young age of 50. He moved on to administration at Heritage High, becoming an assistant principal.
During his career, he spent eight years in the NFL with four teams after being selected with the 17th overall pick in the 1994 Draft by Pittsburgh. Johnson won a Super Bowl title with New England in 2001.
Thomas spoke about Johnson recently at the ACC Kickoff.
A lifelong native of the Triangle area in North Carolina, Rob McLamb has covered NC State Athletics since 2010, as well as writing about each of the five major sports leagues in North America (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS) for various newspapers and outlets. As a journalist who has also served as a high school and college coach, McLamb provides an educated, unfiltered, and analytical perspective on the Wolfpack and the ACC.