“Less than 30% chance to live...even less likely to make it to age 2”. You’re a sweet little miracle Riley Johnson! Today was your first day of Preschool. God is good. #SmallVictories #AlwaysBelieve

June 6th, 1944. The English Channel is angry and half the men in the landing craft are seasick. Diesel fumes mix with saltwater and vomit while rifles are checked for the fifth or sixth time by hands that need something to do. Nobody talks much anymore because the jokes have all been told and the bravado has finally burned away somewhere behind the English coast. You are nineteen years old and carrying more weight than you’ve ever carried in your life. You don’t know it yet, but it’s the most weight you will EVER carry in this life. However long or short it may be. Your rifle rests across your knees. Your life hangs from a few pounds of steel, wood, and training. Somewhere beyond the gray horizon sits a continent that has spent five years tearing itself apart, and in a few minutes you are going to step into the middle of it. Across from you sits another kid. He can’t be much older than you. His jaw is clenched. His knuckles are white around his weapon. Neither of you says a word because there is nothing left to say. Then your eyes drift toward his shoulder. That red numeral catches your eye: “1”. You’ve seen it a thousand times before. In barracks hallways, on training fields, in motor pools, and on long marches. It never meant much beyond belonging to the same outfit. Now it means everything. Because in a few minutes the world is going to ask something terrible of both of you, and there is comfort in knowing that whatever waits on that beach, neither of you will face it alone. The historians will eventually reduce this day to arrows on maps and casualty figures. Politicians will give speeches. Journalists will write books. None of that exists inside the landing craft. What exists is fear, and duty. What exists is the understanding that courage was never the absence of fear. Courage was always charging into the maelstrom anyway. The shoreline emerges through the smoke. You can see flashes now. You can hear the distant percussion of artillery. Men stop checking their equipment because there is no point anymore. Whatever mistakes were made are already made. Whatever prayers were going to be said have already been said. The coxswain throttles down. The boat grinds forward. The ramp is about to drop. Into the abyss. Overlord.

Had an awesome time at the Walt Wells Prospect Camp! Thanks @MaxwellSmithEKU for the invite! @BigMarshMello72 @CoachWatson9 @Coach_MSanchez @Coach_Nowak @andyjohnson50 @EKUFootball @CoachShanefelt @EKUWWells

Huge thanks to @MaxwellSmithEKU and @Cox83Caleb for having me out for camp! Had a great time competing and can’t wait to be back for a game day! @BigMarshMello72 @Coach_IMcClain @andyjohnson50 @Coach_Nowak

Summer workouts are in full swing! Building strength together. As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. – Proverbs 27:17

2026 Camp Schedule Begins! Can’t wait to compete! c/o 2027 - 3.9 GPA hudl: hudl.com/profile/18936532/Bl… 2025 Honors: All-State Honorable Mention – Football 1st Team Offense All District-Football 1st Team All District - Soccer 2025 State Champion - Soccer Striker Kicking Stats: 55 yds Longest Field Goal 70 yds Longest Kickoff 56 yds Longest Punt @BigMarshMello72 @Coach_Nowak @andyjohnson50 @wcswarriorftbl @Coachjpatton @CoachJackson97 @Coach_allendl @Coach_Markowski @CoachBBuckler @coachR_Brown @CoachVThomas @CoachCav10 @CoachCFarris @coachyakes7 @JacobBonacci @Coach_D13 @DLO614 @TREMAYNE_SCOTT @CoachStyles_ @CoachMcNutt @CoachCherokee @TheGuruStew @JimCordle63 @Coach_J_Rod @CKappas @CoachCully_UF @coach_geiser @CoachWright_R @QuinnLoughrie @BrutonKendrick @CoachHoover9 @OhioStateFB @parkerwereb8

I will be at Eastern Kentucky Football tomorrow for the Walt Wells Prospect Camp! Excited to compete and Showcase my skills! @BigMarshMello72 @andyjohnson50 @Coach_Nowak @CoachShanefelt @jaxegan_ @CoachWatson9 @MaxwellSmithEKU

I will be at Eastern Kentucky tomorrow for camp! Can’t wait to compete and show what i can do! @BigMarshMello72 @andyjohnson50 @Coach_Nowak @jaxegan_ @Cox83Caleb @MaxwellSmithEKU

I will be heading to Eastern Kentucky University tomorrow! I’m ready to compete! @BigMarshMello72 @andyjohnson50 @coachGdesign @ChrisRoyal84 @Coach_Nowak @EKUFootball

@KohlsKicking spring training sessions☑️ Pre-season @wcswarriorftbl workouts started. Thank you @D_Madden_Punter for the consistent encouragement and coaching over the last 3 months. Looking forward to competing at the National Invitational Scholarship Camp in Gatlinburg this July. #AGTG @BigMarshMello72 @Coach_Nowak @andyjohnson50 @Coachjpatton @CoachJackson97 @Coach_allendl @Coach_Markowski @CoachBBuckler @coachR_Brown @CoachVThomas @CoachCav10 @CoachCFarris @coachyakes7 @JacobBonacci @Coach_D13 @DLO614 @TREMAYNE_SCOTT @CoachStyles_ @CoachMcNutt @CoachCherokee @TheGuruStew @JimCordle63 @Coach_J_Rod @CKappas @CoachCully_UF @coach_geiser @CoachWright_R @QuinnLoughrie @BrutonKendrick @CoachHoover9 @OhioStateFB @parkerwereb8

Let's go!!

Dom never fails to get the work done!!

Big summer ahead!!

It was great to compete at the Queen City showcase! Thank you @MSJ_FB for hosting. I appreciate the encouragement and guidance from the coaches and student-athletes.

Versatile player with great football instincts!! Go show out this summer, Bailey!

Here's my 2026 Summer Camp Schedule! 5/31 Ohio University 6/5 Eastern Kentucky 6/7 Liberty University 6/11 Ohio State 6/12 Kent State @BigMarshMello72 @jaxegan_eku @270315Sports @Coach_Mattix @DLO614 @MattGuerrieri @OGWalt_ @LUFBRecruiting @CoachSnyder45 @CoachNateHope

Big things ahead, Bailey!!

Let’s go! Big opportunity!

I will be at Ashland Universities Rising Star Prospect Camp tomorrow May 22! Pumped to be back and excited to compete! @JimCordle63 @CoachWykle @AshlandFB @andyjohnson50 @BigMarshMello72 @coachGdesign @wcswarriorftbl

Blessed to receive an invite to camp at OSU! Thank you @AdenParker_ for the invitation! #GoPokes @BigMarshMello72 @Coach_Nowak @andyjohnson50 @coachGdesign @270315Sports @OHPrepVarsity @OhiosElite1 @TylerStevens94 @_CamWhite @wcswarriorftbl @N_W_Sports @Bryan_Ault @CowboyFB

RT @BlazeNJohnston: Training doesn’t stop because it’s the weekend.