Todd Johnson
American football player (born 1978)
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Todd Edward Johnson (born December 18, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 2000s. Johnson played college football for the Florida Gators, and thereafter, he played in the NFL for the Chicago Bears, St. Louis Rams, and Buffalo Bills.
Sarasota, Florida, U.S.
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| Position | Safety | ||||||||||||
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| Born | December 18, 1978 Sarasota, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 202 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Riverview (Sarasota) | ||||||||||||
| College | Florida | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2003: 4th round, 100th overall pick | ||||||||||||
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Early life
Johnson was born in Sarasota, Florida, in 1978.[1] He attended Riverview High School in Sarasota,[2] where he was a standout defensive back for the Riverview Rams high school football team.[3] Johnson was an all-state selection and a SuperPrep All-American as a senior, and set the school record for the 110-yard intermediate hurdles in track & field.[4]
College career
Johnson accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Steve Spurrier and coach Ron Zook's Gators football teams from 1998 to 2002.[5] The Gators coaching staff decided to redshirt him as a true freshman in 1998, and he spent the season practicing with the scout team; subsequently, Johnson became a four-year letterman and started in thirty-three out of forty-nine games in which he played.[4] As a redshirt freshman in 1999, he had twenty-four tackles, four passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.[4] During his sophomore season in 2000, he started all thirteen games, led the team with a career-high 102 tackles, and had five interceptions, three passes defensed, one forced fumble, and four fumble recoveries, including one returned seventy-six yards for a touchdown, and received first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors.[4][5] Johnson started all eleven games as junior in 2001, tallying seventy-two tackles, three passes defensed, and two interceptions and again received first-team All-SEC honors.[4][5] As a senior team captain in 2002, he started all thirteen games, and compiled eighty-eight tackles and two interceptions and was a second-team All-SEC selection.[4][5] Johnson finished his Gator career with a total of 284 tackles and nine interceptions.[4]
Johnson graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in applied physiology and kinesiology in 2009.
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 0+7⁄8 in (1.85 m) | 206 lb (93 kg) | 30+1⁄4 in (0.77 m) | 9 in (0.23 m) | 4.60 s | 1.57 s | 2.64 s | 4.19 s | 7.01 s | 33+1⁄2 in (0.85 m) | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) | 19 reps | |
| Arm and hand spans from Pro Day, all other values from NFL Combine.[6] | ||||||||||||
Chicago Bears
Johnson was selected by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round (100th pick overall) in the 2003 NFL draft.[7] He played for the Bears for four seasons from 2003 to 2006.[8] He did not appear in any regular season games in 2003,[8] after suffering a broken jaw in a preseason game. He returned in 2004, playing in sixteen games including ten starts, and finished the season with seventy-five tackles.[1] Johnson was Mike Brown's immediate backup during his time with the Bears, and saw extended playing time following Brown's season-ending injury in 2004. The following year, 2005, Johnson saw action in fourteen games, totaling thirty-five tackles.[1] Johnson made thirty-two tackles during 2006,[1] and was released following the season.
St. Louis Rams
Johnson signed a four-year $4 million contract to play with the St. Louis Rams on March 12, 2007. In his first season with the Rams, he finished the campaign with 29 tackles. In 2008 Johnson made 23 tackles in a backup safety role. He was waived by the Rams on September 5, 2009.
Buffalo Bills
On October 13, 2009, Johnson signed a one-year free agent contract with the Buffalo Bills. Johnson was placed on injured reserve on January 2, 2010, due to a hamstring injury.
NFL career statistics
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Coaching career
Johnson became the head football coach of his alma mater, Riverview High School, in 2011.[9] He has also been a fill-in substitute teacher since 2012.
