Chris Johnson (football player)

Chris Johnson
Chris Johnson 2010
Position (s): running back	Jersey numbers: 28, 21, 27, 23
born on September 23, 1985 in Orlando , Florida
Career information
Active : 2008 - 2017
NFL Draft : 2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 24
College : East Carolina University
Teams
Tennessee Titans ( 2008 - 2013 ) New York Jets ( 2014 ) Arizona Cardinals ( 2015 - 2017 )
Career statistics
Running game	9,651 yards
average	4.5 yards
Touchdowns	55
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
NFL 3 × Pro Bowl (2008, 2009, 2010) 1 × First-Team All-Pro (2009) NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2009) NFL Rushing Leader (2009) NFL record for most yards in a season in passing and running play (2,509, 2009) college C-USA All-Freshman (2004) 2 × First team All-Conf. USA (2006, 2007)

Christopher Duan "Chris" Johnson (* 23. September 1985 in Orlando , Florida ) is a former American American football poker players in the position of running backs . He played for the Tennessee Titans , New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals in the National Football League (NFL), only to step down as a Titans player in April 2019 after signing a one-day contract.

Career

college

Johnson played at East Carolina University while in college . He was selected in the first round in 2008 in 24th place of the NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans after he had achieved the fastest time ever recorded for a running back with 4.24 seconds in the 40-yard sprint in the previous NFL Combine .

NFL

Tennessee Titans

In his first year as a professional he was elected to the Pro Bowl and finished second behind Matt Ryan in the election for Offensive Rookie of the Year . He succeeded in doing this, although he took turns in his position with his teammate LenDale White .

Since the 2009 season , he filled the role alone and led the NFL with 2006 yards . After Eric Dickerson , Jamal Lewis , Barry Sanders , Terrell Davis and OJ Simpson , he is the sixth player who managed to run over 2000 yards in one season. For this achievement he was voted Offensive Player of the Year . Also in his second season he was elected to the Pro Bowl.

New York Jets

On April 16, 2014, Johnson signed a two-year deal with the New York Jets . After an unconvincing season, the contract was terminated in spring 2015.

Arizona Cardinals

He then received a one-year contract from the Arizona Cardinals . In March 2016 he signed a new working paper for another season there.

He was shot in a drive-by shoot on March 8, 2015 in Orlando and the driver of the vehicle died.

After the 2016 season , Johnson was released into the Free Agency , although the Cardinals hoped that he would sign a new contract with them.

After several layoffs and reinstatements in the 2017 season , in which he only played four games, Chris Johnson finally announced his retirement in November 2018 after a 10-year career in the NFL. Due to his old ties with the Tennessee Titans, he signed a one-day contract again on April 24, 2019 to resign as a Titans player.

“Tennessee, that's the first organization that gave me a chance to make my dreams come true, I have so many great memories in Tennessee and was able to do so many things with the Titans. It's an organization I always want to be considered a part of. "

“Tennessee is the first institution that gave me the chance to make my dreams come true. I have so many great memories of Tennessee and had the opportunity to do so many things with the Titans. I always want to be remembered as part of this organization. "

- Chris Johnson : titansonline.com

Web links

• ESPN player card
• Statistics from Chris Johnson on pro-football-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Combine analysis: Blazing 40 speed boosts McFadden - USATODAY.com Combine Analysis (English) USAToday.com. Accessed December 28, 2009.
2. ↑ ( Tennessee's Johnson joins 2,000-yard club in victory (English) dailynews.com on January 3, 2010.)
3. ↑ Offensive Award for Chris Johnson | US Sports | NFL | Sport1.de Offensive Award for Chris Johnson sport1.de. Accessed February 5, 2010.
4. ↑ Jets decline Chris Johnson option espn.com (English), accessed March 9, 2015
5. ↑ cardinals and chris johnson strike one-year deal (English) nfl.com, Retrieved March 17, 2016
6. ^ NFL star: Football professional Johnson shot by strangers spiegel.de, accessed on March 9, 2015
7. ↑ Arizona Cardinals hoping Chris Johnson returns to nest (English) nfl.com, Retrieved June 21, 2017
8. ↑ Herbie Teope: Chris Johnson Will Sign a one-day contract to Retire as a Titan on Wednesday in Nashville. titansonline.com, April 24, 2019, accessed on May 14, 2019 .