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Billy Johnson

William Arthur Johnson

Position: WR
Height: 5-9    Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: January 21, 1952 in Boothwyn, PA
College: Widener

Career AV: 47 (1570th overall since 1950)

3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 15th round (365th overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.

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Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd AV
1974 22 HOU RET 84 14 0 30 409 0 49 13.6 29 785 0 67 27.1 1664 6
1975* 23 HOU WR 84 14 0 40 612 3 83 15.3 33 798 1 81 24.2 1820 9
1976 24 HOU WR 84 14 0 38 403 0 46 10.6 26 579 0 53 22.3 1483 5
1977*+ 25 HOU RET 84 14 0 35 539 2 87 15.4 25 630 1 76 25.2 1683 10
1978 26 HOU 84 5 0 8 60 0 20 7.5 4 73 0 22 18.3 143 0
1979 27 HOU 84 2 0 4 17 0 16 4.3 4 37 0 12 9.3 162 1
1980 28 HOU WR 84 16 6 344 3
1982 30 ATL RET 81 9 0 24 273 0 71 11.4 284 0
1983* 31 ATL RET 81 16 1 46 489 1 71 10.6 1281 9
1984 32 ATL RET 81 6 0 15 152 0 37 10.1 2 39 0 21 19.5 570 3
1985 33 ATL wr 81 16 8 10 82 0 18 8.2 904 7
1986 34 ATL 81 4 0 8 87 0 30 10.9 169 1
1987 35 ATL RET 81 12 1 21 168 0 45 8.0 252 1
1988 36 WAS 88 1 0 3 26 0 15 8.7 26 0
Career 143 16 282 3317 6 87 11.8 123 2941 2 81 23.9 10785 55
7 yrs OTI 79 6 155 2040 5 87 13.2 121 2902 2 81 24.0 7299 34
6 yrs ATL 63 10 124 1251 1 71 10.1 2 39 0 21 19.5 3460 21
1 yr WAS 1 0 3 26 0 15 8.7 26 0

Receiving & Rushing

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Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1974 22 HOU RET 84 14 0 29 388 13.4 2 44 2.1 27.7 5 82 1 47 16.4 5.9 0.4 470 3 1
1975* 23 HOU WR 84 14 0 37 393 10.6 1 30 2.6 28.1 5 17 0 19 3.4 1.2 0.4 410 1 5
1976 24 HOU WR 84 14 0 47 495 10.5 4 40 3.4 35.4 6 6 0 10 1.0 0.4 0.4 501 4 3
1977*+ 25 HOU RET 84 14 0 20 412 20.6 3 71 1.4 29.4 6 102 1 61 17.0 7.3 0.4 514 4 2
1978 26 HOU 84 5 0 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.2 2.0 10 0 0
1979 27 HOU 84 2 0 6 108 18.0 1 29 3.0 54.0 108 1 0
1980 28 HOU WR 84 16 6 31 343 11.1 2 57 1.9 21.4 2 1 0 4 0.5 0.1 0.1 344 2 1
1982 30 ATL RET 81 9 0 2 11 5.5 0 6 0.2 1.2 11 0 1
1983* 31 ATL RET 81 16 1 64 709 11.1 4 47 4.0 44.3 15 83 0 36 5.5 5.2 0.9 792 4 4
1984 32 ATL RET 81 6 0 24 371 15.5 3 45 4.0 61.8 3 8 0 11 2.7 1.3 0.5 379 3 1
1985 33 ATL wr 81 16 8 62 830 13.4 5 62 3.9 51.9 8 -8 0 6 -1.0 -0.5 0.5 822 5 4
1986 34 ATL 81 4 0 6 57 9.5 0 27 1.5 14.3 6 25 0 10 4.2 6.3 1.5 82 0 0
1987 35 ATL RET 81 12 1 8 84 10.5 0 19 0.7 7.0 84 0 2
Career 143 16 337 4211 12.5 25 71 2.4 29.4 56 316 2 61 5.6 2.2 0.4 4527 27 24
7 yrs OTI 79 6 171 2149 12.6 13 71 2.2 27.2 24 208 2 61 8.7 2.6 0.3 2357 15 12
6 yrs ATL 63 10 166 2062 12.4 12 62 2.6 32.7 32 108 0 36 3.4 1.7 0.5 2170 12 12

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1974 22 HOU RET 84 14 0 1 0 0 0
1975* 23 HOU WR 84 14 0 5 1 0 0
1976 24 HOU WR 84 14 0 3 1 0 0
1977*+ 25 HOU RET 84 14 0 2 0 0 0
1980 28 HOU WR 84 16 6 1 0 0 0
1982 30 ATL RET 81 9 0 1 0 0 0
1983* 31 ATL RET 81 16 1 4 2 0 0
1984 32 ATL RET 81 6 0 1 0 0 0
1985 33 ATL wr 81 16 8 4 0 0 0
1987 35 ATL RET 81 12 1 2 0 0 0
Career 143 16 24 4 0 0
7 yrs OTI 79 6 12 2 0 0
6 yrs ATL 63 10 12 2 0 0

Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1983* 31 ATL RET 81 16 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 143 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 1 8 -4.0 -4.0 50.0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1974 22 HOU RET 84 14 0 1 2 3 18
1975* 23 HOU WR 84 14 0 1 3 1 5 30
1976 24 HOU WR 84 14 0 4 4 24
1977*+ 25 HOU RET 84 14 0 1 3 2 1 7 42
1979 27 HOU 84 2 0 1 1 6
1980 28 HOU WR 84 16 6 2 2 12
1983* 31 ATL RET 81 16 1 4 1 5 30
1984 32 ATL RET 81 6 0 3 3 18
1985 33 ATL wr 81 16 8 5 5 30
Career 143 16 2 25 6 2 35 210
7 yrs OTI 79 6 2 13 5 2 22 132
6 yrs ATL 63 10 12 1 13 78

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1983 NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year

Pro Bowls

1975
1977
1983

First-Team All-Pro

1977

Non-Offensive TDs

1975 NFL 4 (1/4)
1977 NFL 3 (1/23)
Career 8 (25)

All-Purpose Yds

1974 NFL 1664 (5)
1975 NFL 1820 (4)
1976 NFL 1483 (6)
1977 NFL 1683 (5)
Career 10785 (94)

Yds/Touch

1974 NFL 17.9 (1/19)
1975 NFL 15.8 (2/45)
1976 NFL 12.7 (1)
1983 NFL 10.2 (3)
Career 13.5 (144)

Kick Returns

1974 NFL 29 (7)
1975 NFL 33 (6)
1976 NFL 26 (10)
1977 NFL 25 (9)
Career 123 (110)

Kick Return Yds

1974 NFL 785 (5)
1975 NFL 798 (8)
1977 NFL 630 (8)
Career 2941 (106)

Kick Return TD

1975 NFL 1 (1/58)
1977 NFL 1 (2/58)
Career 2 (47)

Long Kick Return

1974 NFL 67 (8)
1975 NFL 81 (9)
1977 NFL 76 (9)

Yds/Kick Return

1974 NFL 27.1 (5)
1977 NFL 25.2 (6)
Career 23.9 (110)

Punt Returns

1974 NFL 30 (9)
1975 NFL 40 (4)
1976 NFL 38 (9)
1977 NFL 35 (9)
1982 NFL 24 (7)
1983 NFL 46 (2/64)
Career 282 (10)

Punt Return Yds

1974 NFL 409 (4)
1975 NFL 612 (2/16)
1976 NFL 403 (7)
1977 NFL 539 (2/43)
1982 NFL 273 (3)
1983 NFL 489 (2/70)
Career 3317 (6)

Punt Return TD

1975 NFL 3 (1/4)
1977 NFL 2 (1/15)
1983 NFL 1 (1/89)
Career 6 (8)

Long Punt Return

1975 NFL 83 (1)
1977 NFL 87 (3/72)
1982 NFL 71 (3)
1983 NFL 71 (7)

Yds/Punt Return

1974 NFL 13.6 (7)
1975 NFL 15.3 (1/46)
1977 NFL 15.4 (1/41)
1982 NFL 11.4 (3)
1983 NFL 10.6 (7)
Career 11.8 (12)

Kick & Punt Returns

1974 NFL 59 (4)
1975 NFL 73 (2)
1976 NFL 64 (5)
1977 NFL 60 (8)
Career 405 (20)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1974 NFL 1194 (1)
1975 NFL 1410 (2)
1976 NFL 982 (5)
1977 NFL 1169 (3)
Career 6258 (30)

   
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1975Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1977Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1983Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1974 22 14 WR 65 1 28 72
1975 23 14 WR 47 51
1976 24 14 WR 74 29 73
1977 25 14 WR 75 7 24 61
1978 26 5 WR 1 113
1979 27 2 WR 17 82
1980 28 16 WR 46 63
1982 30 9 WR 1 114
1983 31 16 WR 103 13 24 61
1984 32 6 WR 56 61
1985 33 16 WR 112 4 26 66
1986 34 4 WR 8 109
1987 35 12 WR 8 163
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