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Cwik accepted the young Johnson's apology with a firm handshake, with the former footballer laughing in the caption, \"When he wouldn’t let my hand go, I thought he was gonna deck the [heck] outta of me... but instead he said something to me that would ... change the course of life.\"

In the \"Young Rock\" clip, Coach Cwik -- played by Andrew Buchanan -- expresses to Johnson that \"we all deserve a second chance\" when offering him a spot on the football team.

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When Johnson began to decline the offer, the coach said, \"You live out on the East Side, right? I grew up around there, too.\"

While expressing that football can open the doors of opportunity \"for guys like us,\" Cwik urges, \"Give yourself a chance ... If you got the talent, sky's the limit.\"

In his post, Johnson revealed that his coach has since died, writing, \"Rest In Peace, coach Cwik and thank you for believing in that 15yr old punk kid 🙏🏾\"

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