Brad Johnson (football player)
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Position (s): Quarterback |
Jersey number (s): 14 |
| born on September 13, 1968 in Marietta , Georgia | |
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| Active : 1994 - 2008 | |
| NFL Draft : 1992 / Round: 9 / Pick: 227 | |
| College : Florida State | |
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| Career statistics | |
| TD - INT | 166 - 122 |
| Space gained by pass | 29,054 yards |
| Rating | 82.5 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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James Bradley Johnson (born September 13, 1968 in Marietta , Georgia ) is an American former American football player who played quarterback . He played in the National Football League (NFL), most recently for the Dallas Cowboys .
Player career
college
Johnson played football and basketball for the Florida State University team, the Florida State Seminoles . During his career in college football he experienced the first ups and downs and only came in his last season in 1991 to a significant number of missions. Even so, he completed 66.9% of his pass attempts during his career and scored eight touchdowns .
Professional career
Johnson's professional career began slowly. It was not until the eighth round of the 1992 NFL Draft that he was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in 227th place. Quarterbacks who were signed well before him, such as David Klingler or Tommy Maddox , did not come close to Johnson's success.
Like his college career, Johnson's professional career was very changeable at the beginning. At the Vikings he could not prevail at first and only came to a few missions in 1994 and 1995. 1996 gave the Vikings Johnson to the NFL Europe to the London Monarchs . Johnson should gain experience there. Although the team of the Monarchs was at best mediocre this year, Johnson managed to convince and return to the Vikings. After the Vikings' regular quarterback Warren Moon was injured in the 1996 season, Johnson's time as a starter came. He threw 17 touchdowns in ten interceptions and was able to secure his regular place. The Vikings moved into the play-offs , but had to admit defeat to the Dallas Cowboys with 40:15. 1997 was another successful year with the Vikings. He got 20 touchdowns. Here he also managed one of the strangest moves in NFL history, when his throw was blocked in the game against the Carolina Panthers , he grabbed the football out of the air and ran it into the end zone for a touchdown. Johnson was the first NFL player to complete a touchdown throw on himself. In the poll for the “happiest moves in the NFL” on NFL.com, this “self-touchdown” came in 9th.
In 1998 Johnson lost his regular place to Randall Cunningham , who played an outstanding season himself. The team only lost in the NFC Championship Game against the Atlanta Falcons . Since it seemed unlikely for the coach of the Vikings, Dennis Green , that Johnson Cunningham would be able to oust again (especially since the Vikings with Daunte Culpepper a young quarterback was committed), Johnson was given to the Washington Redskins . A circumstance that should soon meet with incomprehension in Minneapolis , as Johnson's individual performances with the Redskins in the following season were outstanding. He threw passes in 1999 for a total of 4005 yards , the second most a quarterback on this team had ever made. His 24 touchdowns faced 13 interceptions. The move into the play-offs was the result, but there he failed in the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just 14:13. After another - this time unsuccessful - year in Washington, DC , he moved to the Buccaneers in 2001.
Before the 2002 season, the Florida team had signed Jon Gruden as the new coach of the Oakland Raiders . The Buccaneers played against the team from Oakland on January 26, 2003 in Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego . Gruden, who of course knew the players on the opposing team very well, hired his new team very well. The Super Bowl went to Florida at 48:21. Johnson himself scored two touchdowns.
In 2004 Johnson lost his regular place in Tampa to Brian Griese and moved back to the Vikings the following year. There he ousted Culpepper due to injury as number 1 in the position of quarterback, but could not move into the play-offs with his team.
Since 2007 Johnson was second quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys behind Tony Romo . Johnson was to use his experience to help bring Romo to the top of the world over the next three years, but was fired in February 2009 and replaced by Jon Kitna .
During his NFL tenure, 61.8% of his passports were caught. In 13 consecutive seasons, 60% of his passes were caught. He was the first and until today (2012) only one who succeeded in this. In 2002 he had the highest quarterback rating in the National Football Conference . He himself scored 166 touchdowns with 122 interceptions during the regular season games . He was able to run eight touchdowns himself.
Honors
Johnson played in the Pro Bowl in 1999 and 2002, and in 2003 he won the Quarterback Challenge .
Outside the field of play
Johnson is married and has two sons. He is socially committed and supports various organizations in the fight against diseases that affect children.
Web links
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Johnson, Brad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johnson, James Bradley (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marietta (Georgia) |