Johnson with the San Francisco 49ers
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Position: | Wide Receiver | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | March 7, 1981 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Baltimore, Maryland | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 212 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Baltimore (MD) City College | ||||||||
College: | Penn State | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2003 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17 | ||||||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Receptions: | 314 |
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Receiving Yards: | 3,938 |
Receiving TDs: | 16 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Bryant Andrew Johnson (born March 7, 1981) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals 17th overall in the 2003 NFL Draft and also played for the San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, and Houston Texans. He played college football at Penn State.
Johnson attended Baltimore City College high school, excelling at football, basketball, and track. He was selected first-team all-state and the 1998 Baltimore Touchdown Club’s offensive player-of-the-year from the Knight's football team, Johnson also anchored a winning relay team at the Penn Relays for the school's track team.
Johnson was a star wide receiver for Penn State, starting his final two years. He was the sixth player in PSU history to catch more than 100 career passes, and finished second all-time with 2,008 career receiving yards.
Johnson earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Penn State University in 2005.
Johnson played three years predominantly as the Cardinals' third option receiver, playing mainly out of the slot receiver role, due to Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald being higher on the depth chart. His 35 catches in 2003 was the third most receptions for a rookie (his teammate Anquan Boldin had the most receptions for a rookie that year). In his 5-year career with the Cardinals he caught 210 passes for 2675 yards and 9 TDs.