Stevie Johnson in DeMarcus Cousins jersey

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Stevie Johnson is awesome.

Didn’t cover him. Didn’t know him. But after seeing him back at UK, donning a UK cap and a DeMarcus Cousins Sacremento Kings jersey, that’s the first conclusion I reached.

(Johnson is from California, so the Kings are his “hometown” team — even though he has a tattoo of the Golden State Warriors.)

Even better: he wasn’t sitting in a courtside seat barely paying attention. He was in the middle of the student section (I suppose Rupp Arena can overlook the students-only technicality for an NFL player), something not many ex-Cats would do.

Johnson wasn’t the only former player honored at the game. Jodie Meeks (Philadelphia 76ers), Josh Harrellson (New York Knicks and the honorary Y) and Rex Chapman were all introduced at some point throughout the game.