The pair stepped into the starring roles in a game long billed as a showdown between Nease quarterback Marcus Stokes and Jackson linebacker Grayson Howard, committed to Florida and South Carolina, respectively.
The Tigers advanced one step further in their multi-year revival, bouncing back crisply from last week's season-opening loss to Southeast Georgia power Brunswick.Holland showed that he's a man to watch in 2022. Johnson, meanwhile, was nearly flawless, a second-quarter interception to Canon McClafferty aside. He kept the Panthers off balance with his feet and hit 18 of 24 passes for 254 yards.
Stokes, who did not start Nease's opening series, finished 5 of 20 for 80 yards. He rushed for a touchdown but missed a stretch of the second half after a crunching collision with Howard on a quarterback keeper.Drafts said that Stokes did not start after an illness had forced him to miss the week's practices.