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Leon Johnson

Johnson, William Leon
Height: 6-0 Weight: 219
Born: July 13, 1974 Morganton, NC
High School: Freedom (Morganton, NC)

Year	College	Status
1992	North Carolina	Redshirted
1993	North Carolina	Lettered
1994	North Carolina	Lettered
1995	North Carolina	Lettered
1996	North Carolina	Lettered

Draft: 4th round (104th overall) 1997 New York Jets

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1997 New York Jets (NFL)1997 NYJ NFL	32	RB	16	1
1998 New York Jets (NFL)1998 NYJ NFL	32	RB-FB	12	2
1999 New York Jets (NFL)1999 NYJ NFL	32	RB	1	0
2000 New York Jets (NFL)2000 NYJ NFL	32	RB	3	0
2001 Chicago Bears (NFL)2001 CHIB NFL	32	RB	12	0
2002 Chicago Bears (NFL)2002 CHIB NFL	32	RB	16	4
2003 San Diego Chargers (NFL)2003 SD NFL	35	RB	14	0
7 Years (NFL)7 Years NFL			74	7

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	4/20/1997	1997 New York Jets (NFL)1997 NYJ NFL
Signed	7/17/1997	1997 New York Jets (NFL)1997 NYJ NFL
Injured Reserve	12/15/1998	1998 New York Jets (NFL)1998 NYJ NFL
Injured Reserve	9/13/1999	1999 New York Jets (NFL)1999 NYJ NFL
Free Agent	2/11/2000	1999 New York Jets (NFL)1999 NYJ NFL
Signed	5/8/2000	2000 New York Jets (NFL)2000 NYJ NFL
Released	6/27/2000	2000 New York Jets (NFL)2000 NYJ NFL
Signed	11/28/2000	2000 New York Jets (NFL)2000 NYJ NFL
Released	2/19/2001	2000 New York Jets (NFL)2000 NYJ NFL
Signed	10/9/2001	2001 Chicago Bears (NFL)2001 CHIB NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	2/28/2003	2002 Chicago Bears (NFL)2002 CHIB NFL
Signed	3/22/2003	2003 St. Louis Rams (NFL)2003 STL NFL
Released	8/23/2003	2003 St. Louis Rams (NFL)2003 STL NFL
Signed	8/26/2003	2003 San Diego Chargers (NFL)2003 SD NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	3/3/2004	2003 San Diego Chargers (NFL)2003 SD NFL
Signed	3/15/2004	2004 San Diego Chargers (NFL)2004 SD NFL
Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform	9/5/2004	2004 San Diego Chargers (NFL)2004 SD NFL
Released (Failed Physical)	2/22/2005	2004 San Diego Chargers (NFL)2004 SD NFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1997 New York Jets (NFL)1997 NYJ NFL	4	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	24
1998 New York Jets (NFL)1998 NYJ NFL	4	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	24
2001 Chicago Bears (NFL)2001 CHIB NFL	4	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	44
2002 Chicago Bears (NFL)2002 CHIB NFL	1	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	13	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	98

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1997 New York Jets (NFL)1997 NYJ NFL	48	158	3.3	20	2	13	1	0	1
1998 New York Jets (NFL)1998 NYJ NFL	41	185	4.5	40	2	8	1	1	1
1999 New York Jets (NFL)1999 NYJ NFL	1	2	2.0	2	0	1	0	0	0
2001 Chicago Bears (NFL)2001 CHIB NFL	20	99	5.0	34	4	10	2	0	0
2002 Chicago Bears (NFL)2002 CHIB NFL	103	329	3.2	23	1	24	1	0	1
2003 San Diego Chargers (NFL)2003 SD NFL	4	26	6.5	18	0	1	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	217	799	3.7	40	9	57	5	1	3

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1997 New York Jets (NFL)1997 NYJ NFL	2	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
1998 New York Jets (NFL)1998 NYJ NFL	0	0		0	0				0		0		1	7	0	0	0
2001 Chicago Bears (NFL)2001 CHIB NFL	1	1	100.0	0	18	18.0	18.0	18	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	118.8
2002 Chicago Bears (NFL)2002 CHIB NFL	1	1	100.0	0	27	27.0	27.0	27	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0	1	1	0	118.8
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4	2	50.0	1	45	11.3	22.5	27	0	0.0	1	25.0	2	7	2	1	0	51.0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1997 New York Jets (NFL)1997 NYJ NFL		16		142	8.9	20	0	9	1	0		0
1998 New York Jets (NFL)1998 NYJ NFL		13		222	17.1	82t	2	8	3	1		0
2001 Chicago Bears (NFL)2001 CHIB NFL	2	1	50.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0
2002 Chicago Bears (NFL)2002 CHIB NFL	26	16	61.5	125	7.8	31	0	6	1	0	102	0
2003 San Diego Chargers (NFL)2003 SD NFL	2	0	0.0	0			0	0	0	0		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	30	46	56.7	489	10.6	82t	2	23	5	1	102	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1997 New York Jets (NFL)1997 NYJ NFL	51	6	619	12.1	66t	1	7	3	4
1998 New York Jets (NFL)1998 NYJ NFL	29	12	203	7.0	23	0	1	0	2
1999 New York Jets (NFL)1999 NYJ NFL	1	1	6	6.0	6	0	0	0	0
2000 New York Jets (NFL)2000 NYJ NFL	10	0	62	6.2	16	0	0	0	0
2001 Chicago Bears (NFL)2001 CHIB NFL	28	10	255	9.1	35	0	3	0	2
2002 Chicago Bears (NFL)2002 CHIB NFL	28	10	288	10.3	30	0	5	0	1
2003 San Diego Chargers (NFL)2003 SD NFL	24	5	184	7.7	21	0	1	0	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	171	44	1617	9.5	66t	1	17	3	10

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1997 New York Jets (NFL)1997 NYJ NFL	12	0	319	26.6	101t	1	7	1	0
1998 New York Jets (NFL)1998 NYJ NFL	16	0	366	22.9	37	0	9	0	0
1999 New York Jets (NFL)1999 NYJ NFL	2	0	31	15.5	17	0	0	0	1
2000 New York Jets (NFL)2000 NYJ NFL	6	0	117	19.5	27	0	3	0	0
2001 Chicago Bears (NFL)2001 CHIB NFL	14	0	286	20.4	33	0	7	0	0
2002 Chicago Bears (NFL)2002 CHIB NFL	21	0	418	19.9	35	0	9	0	1
2003 San Diego Chargers (NFL)2003 SD NFL	50	0	1151	23.0	60	0	33	2	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	121	0	2688	22.2	101t	1	68	3	2

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1997 New York Jets (NFL)1997 NYJ NFL	5		5	0	5	0	0
1998 New York Jets (NFL)1998 NYJ NFL	3		3	0	3	0	0
1999 New York Jets (NFL)1999 NYJ NFL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001 Chicago Bears (NFL)2001 CHIB NFL	2	0	2	0	2	0	0
2002 Chicago Bears (NFL)2002 CHIB NFL	3	2	2	0	2	-2	0
2003 San Diego Chargers (NFL)2003 SD NFL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	15	2	12	0	12	-2	0

DEFENSE	TKL	DEF	ST	MT	QH	TFL	FF	PD	BL
2000 New York Jets (NFL)2000 NYJ NFL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001 Chicago Bears (NFL)2001 CHIB NFL	11	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002 Chicago Bears (NFL)2002 CHIB NFL	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003 San Diego Chargers (NFL)2003 SD NFL	5	0	5	0		0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	19	1	18	0	0	0	0	0	0

PENALTIES	Called	Declined	Accepted	Yards	Nullified Yards	First Downs	Stalled Drives
2002 Chicago Bears (NFL)2002 CHIB NFL	2	0	2	25	0	0	1
2003 San Diego Chargers (NFL)2003 SD NFL	2	1	1	5	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4	1	3	30	0	0	1

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