Could 20, 2025
Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson is sharing his proud dad second after watching his daughter grduate from Prairie View A&M.
Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson celebrates his daughter’s latest commencement from Prairie View A&M by championing HBCU pleasure and honoring the expertise.
The NFL star was entrance and heart to watch his daughter, Chadé Ok. Johnson, graduate from Prairie View A&M on Could 17, HBCU Sport Day stories. Talking along with his ‘Nightcap’ co-host, Shannon Sharpe, after the ceremony, Johnson expressed his deep appreciation for HBCU tradition and urged others to expertise it firsthand, even when it’s only one homecoming at a close-by HBCU.
“Now what I’m not going to do is — I promise this time after I discuss Prairie View — I’m not gonna cry,” Johnson stated. “I’m not going to get emotional. However that’s one thing that every one individuals — in case you go to a PWI otherwise you go to a personal college or something of that nature, you should expertise a homecoming at some HBCU at a state close to you.”
The previous New England Patriot, who performed in Tremendous Bowl XLVI, proudly supported Prairie View all through his daughter’s time there, serving because the honorary coin-toss captain at a homecoming sport and attending her on-campus probate when she joined Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Johnson proudly celebrated his daughter as an HBCU graduate and a member of the Divine 9.
“Congratulations to my AKA diva @chadekierra on graduating in the present day from Prairie View A&M 🩷💚 x 💜💛,” he captioned an Instagram put up.
Johnson briefly attended Langston College, an HBCU in Oklahoma, earlier than being dismissed from the soccer crew. In 2023, he was named Ambassador and Marketing consultant for Florida A&M College’s Athletics Division, a faculty he grew up admiring.
“I fell in love with FAMU after attending my first Traditional in 1984 with my grandma, and the remaining is historical past,” Johnson stated on the time.
He later declared FAMU the very best school soccer crew in Tallahassee after Florida State’s stunning 28–13 loss to Boston School final September.
“As a resident of the state of Florida, I’m embarrassed. I’m embarrassed. The perfect soccer crew in Tallahassee is Florida A&M,” Johnson stated on Nightcap. “Matter of reality, FAMU could be Florida State based mostly on what I noticed tonight.”
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