Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/My-King Johnson
I understand the nom's concern about lack of on-field accomplishments, but he was the first openly gay scholarship player at the Division I FBS level. More importantly, the media coverage is sufficiently overwhelming (and here for good reason) that the subject clearly passes . Here are examples of the : '''(1)''' https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83794645/my-king-johnson/ this (international feature coverage in a major English newspaper),  '''(2)''' https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/feb/26/my-king-johnson-university-of-arizona-gay-player-scholarship this (more international coverage in the UK), '''(3)''' https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18766769/arizona-wildcats-recruit-my-king-johnson-first-active-openly-gay-scholarship-player this (national feature coverage in ESPN.com); '''(4)''' https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/02/26/my-king-johnson-will-be-major-college-footballs-first-active-openly-gay-scholarship-player/ this (national feature coverage in ''The Washington Post''); '''(5)''' https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/my-king-johnson-is-the-first-openly-gay-scholarship-football-player-in-history/ this (national feature coverage in ''The Nation''), '''(6)''' https://www.si.com/college/2017/02/25/myking-johnson-arizona-first-openly-gay-division-i-signee this (national coverage in SI.com), '''(7)''' https://www.teenvogue.com/story/my-king-johnson-openly-gay-football-scholarship this (national feature coverage in ''Teen Vogue''), '''(8)''' https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83794454/my-king-johnson/ part one/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83794485/my-king-johnson/ part two (in depth feature coverage in Arizona's leading newspaper), '''(9)''' https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83794521/my-king-johnson/ part one/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83794566/my-king-johnson/ part two,  '''(10)''' https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/arizona-football-gains-a-big-time-commitment-from-their-own-backyard-my-king-johnson this (national coverage at Fox Sports), '''(11)''' https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna725671 this (national coverage from NBC News), '''(12)''' https://www.advocate.com/sports/2017/2/26/meet-ncaas-first-out-football-scholarship-player this (national coverage in ''The Advocate''), and '''(13)''' https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/arizona-commit-making-history-as-first-active-openly-gay-scholarship-player-in-fbs/ this (national coverage from CBS Sports). If those aren't enough, see also '''(14)''' https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83794399/my-king-johnson/ this, '''(15)''' https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83794588/my-king-johnson/ this,  '''(16)''' https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83794429/my-king-johnson/ this,  '''(17)''' https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83794913/my-king-johnson/ this,  '''(18)''' https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83794943/my-king-johnson/ this,'''(19)''' https://www.kgun9.com/sports/local-sports/arizona-freshman-my-king-johnson-its-about-football this, '''(20)''' https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcats/football/arizona-wildcats-freshman-my-king-johnson-loves-being-the-change-as-football-trailblazer/article_def0bbdf-4f65-5055-b434-a69d91d5c5b3.html this, '''(21)''' https://www.outsports.com/2017/2/25/14720694/my-king-johnson-arizona-football-gay this, '''(22)''' https://arizonasports.com/story/1034967/arizona-wildcats-my-king-johnson-to-become-first-active-openly-gay-scholarship-football-player/ this, and '''(23)''' https://deadspin.com/arizonas-my-king-johnson-set-to-be-first-openly-gay-rec-1792749564 this
— User:Cbl62, 13:15, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:SIGCOV (Wikipedia:Notability)