Leon Johnson
William Leon Johnson
Born: July 13, 1974
Morganton, NC USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 222
College: North Carolina
High School: Freedom (Morganton, NC)
Career: 1997-2003
Drafted: 1997 in Round 4, #104 overall by the New York Jets
Leon Johnson played from 1997 to 2003 during his career with the Chicago Bears, New York Jets and San Diego Chargers. Johnson ran for 799 yards in his career on 217 attempts, scoring 9 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 46 passes for 489 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1998 | NFL New York Jets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2001 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| 2002 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 45 | 11.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 27 | 2 | 7 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | NFL New York Jets | 48 | 158 | 3.3 | 20 | 2 |
| 1998 | NFL New York Jets | 41 | 185 | 4.5 | 40 | 2 |
| 1999 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | NFL Chicago Bears | 20 | 99 | 5.0 | 34 | 4 |
| 2002 | NFL Chicago Bears | 103 | 329 | 3.2 | 23 | 1 |
| 2003 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 217 | 799 | 3.7 | 40 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | NFL New York Jets | 16 | 142 | 8.9 | 20 | 0 |
| 1998 | NFL New York Jets | 13 | 222 | 17.1 | 82 | 2 |
| 2001 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | NFL Chicago Bears | 16 | 125 | 7.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 489 | 10.6 | 82 | 2 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | NFL New York Jets | 51 | 619 | 12.1 | 66 | 1 |
| 1998 | NFL New York Jets | 29 | 203 | 7.0 | 23 | 0 |
| 1999 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | NFL New York Jets | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | NFL Chicago Bears | 28 | 255 | 9.1 | 35 | 0 |
| 2002 | NFL Chicago Bears | 28 | 288 | 10.3 | 30 | 0 |
| 2003 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 24 | 184 | 7.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Totals | 171 | 1617 | 9.5 | 66 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | NFL New York Jets | 12 | 319 | 26.6 | 101 | 1 |
| 1998 | NFL New York Jets | 16 | 366 | 22.9 | 37 | 0 |
| 1999 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | NFL New York Jets | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 27 | 0 |
| 2001 | NFL Chicago Bears | 14 | 286 | 20.4 | 33 | 0 |
| 2002 | NFL Chicago Bears | 21 | 418 | 19.9 | 36 | 0 |
| 2003 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 50 | 1151 | 23.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Totals | 121 | 2688 | 22.2 | 101 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | NFL New York Jets | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1998 | NFL New York Jets | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1999 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2002 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | |||
| 2003 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1997 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| 1998 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| 2001 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| 2002 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Totals | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | NFL | New York Jets | 16 | 1 |
| 1998 | NFL | New York Jets | 12 | 2 |
| 1999 | NFL | New York Jets | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | NFL | New York Jets | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
| 2002 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 16 | 4 |
| 2003 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 0 |
