Johnson with the Carolina Panthers in 2006
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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Date of birth: | July 22, 1972 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Los Angeles, California | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 212 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Los Angeles (CA) Dorsey | ||||||||
College: | USC | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1996 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1 | ||||||||
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Receptions: | 814 |
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Receiving yards: | 10,571 |
Receiving touchdowns: | 64 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Joseph Ladarious Keyshawn Johnson (born July 22, 1972) is an American former college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons.
He played college football for the University of Southern California, and earned All-American honors. The first pick in the 1996 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys and Carolina Panthers.
He retired from football following the 2006 season, and spent seven years as a television broadcaster for the sports channel ESPN. Keyshawn Johnson was a contestant on the 17th season of Dancing with the Stars, in which he was the first contestant eliminated.
Johnson was born in Los Angeles, California. He attended Palisades High School for his sophomore and junior years and Susan Miller Dorsey High School in Los Angeles, and played high school football for the Dorsey Dons his senior year.
After playing football for two years at West Los Angeles College, Johnson transferred to University of Southern California, where he played for coach John Robinson's USC Trojans football team in 1994 and 1995. In 1994 he finished with 66 catches for 1,362 yards and 9 TD. In 1995 he finished with 102 catches for 1,434 yards and 7 TD.