Gators center Colin Castleton said he and Keyontae Johnson still keep in touch and often FaceTime and congratulate each other after games, even now they're no longer teammates. 'It just shows you how strong of a human he is, just how much fight he has.'
and the rest of Kansas State's team on Saturday in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge .
"You were just worried about him 24/7, making sure he's doing alright with his recovery," Castleton said."And I think once we were able to talk to him and like speak to him and see that he was awake a couple days after it happened, it definitely lifted us a lot because he's your brother and he's doing a little bit better, it's not as bad as it seems.
“Obviously, him being a great talent and being in our program when I got here, I looked into whether there would be an opportunity for him to be here, but those decisions were made before I got here," Golden said."He had his situation and if he wanted to continue playing it would probably have to be somewhere else. So, we continued to support him and helped him get graduated and finish strong. We’re happy for him that he’s had really good success.
Containing the 6-foot-6, 230-pound Johnson will be one of the keys for the Gators when they face the Wildcats.
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