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Billy Johnson

William Arthur Johnson (White Shoes)

Position: WR
Height: 5-9    Weight: 170 lbs.

Born: January 21, 1952 in Boothwyn, PA
College: Widener
Drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 15th round (365th overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 47 (1755th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Kick & Punt Returns

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 KR/PR 84 14 30 409 0 49 13.6 29 785 0 67 27.1 1664 6
1975* 23 HOU KR/PR/WR 84 14 0 40 612 3 83 15.3 33 798 1 81 24.2 1820 9
1976 24 HOU KR/PR/WR 84 14 0 38 403 0 46 10.6 26 579 0 53 22.3 1483 5
1977*+ 25 HOU KR/PR 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 PR 81 9 0 24 273 0 71 11.4 284 0
1983* 31 ATL PR 81 16 1 46 489 1 71 10.6 1281 9
1984 32 ATL PR 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 PR 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 HOU 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

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 KR/PR 84 14 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 KR/PR/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 KR/PR/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 KR/PR 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 PR 81 9 0 2 11 5.5 0 6 0.2 1.2 11 0 1
1983* 31 ATL PR 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 PR 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 PR 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 HOU 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

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 KR/PR 84 14 0 1 0 0 0
1975* 23 HOU KR/PR/WR 84 14 0 0 5 1 0 0
1976 24 HOU KR/PR/WR 84 14 0 0 3 1 0 0
1977*+ 25 HOU KR/PR 84 14 0 0 2 0 0 0
1980 28 HOU WR 84 16 6 0 1 0 0 0
1982 30 ATL PR 81 9 0 0 1 0 0 0
1983* 31 ATL PR 81 16 1 0 4 2 0 0
1984 32 ATL PR 81 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
1985 33 ATL wr 81 16 8 0 4 0 0 0
1987 35 ATL PR 81 12 1 0 2 0 0 0
Career 143 16 0 24 4 0 0
7 yrs HOU 79 6 0 12 2 0 0
6 yrs ATL 63 10 0 12 2 0 0

Passing

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% 4QC GWD
1977*+ 25 HOU KR/PR 84 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 8 -8.00 -8.00 100.0
1983* 31 ATL PR 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 0.00 0.00 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 -4.00 -4.00 50.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

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 KR/PR 84 14 1 2 3 18
1975* 23 HOU KR/PR/WR 84 14 0 1 3 1 5 30
1976 24 HOU KR/PR/WR 84 14 0 4 4 24
1977*+ 25 HOU KR/PR 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 PR 81 16 1 4 1 5 30
1984 32 ATL PR 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 HOU 79 6 2 13 5 2 22 132
6 yrs ATL 63 10 12 1 13 78

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

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 (1/26)
Career 8 (30)

All-Purpose Yds
1974 NFL 1664 (5)
1975 NFL 1820 (4)
1976 NFL 1483 (6)
1977 NFL 1683 (5)
Career 10785 (110)

Yds/Touch
1974 NFL 17.9 (1/21)
1975 NFL 15.8 (2/55)
1976 NFL 12.7 (1)
1983 NFL 10.2 (3)
Career 13.5 (153)

Kick Returns
1974 NFL 29 (7)
1975 NFL 33 (6)
1976 NFL 26 (10)
1977 NFL 25 (9)
Career 123 (118)

Kick Return Yds
1974 NFL 785 (5)
1975 NFL 798 (8)
1977 NFL 630 (8)
Career 2941 (116)

Kick Return TD
1975 NFL 1 (1/67)
1977 NFL 1 (2/67)
Career 2 (54)

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 (129)

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 (2/68)
Career 282 (11)

Punt Return Yds
1974 NFL 409 (4)
1975 NFL 612 (2/17)
1976 NFL 403 (7)
1977 NFL 539 (2/46)
1982 NFL 273 (3)
1983 NFL 489 (2/75)
Career 3317 (6)

Punt Return TD
1975 NFL 3 (1/5)
1977 NFL 2 (1/17)
1983 NFL 1 (1/97)
Career 6 (8)

Long Punt Return
1975 NFL 83 (1)
1977 NFL 87 (3/83)
1982 NFL 71 (3)
1983 NFL 71 (7)

Yds/Punt Return
1974 NFL 13.6 (7)
1975 NFL 15.3 (1/52)
1977 NFL 15.4 (1/47)
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 (25)

Kick & Punt Return Yds
1974 NFL 1194 (1)
1975 NFL 1410 (2)
1976 NFL 982 (5)
1977 NFL 1169 (3)
Career 6258 (35)

   

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19751st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19751st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19771st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19771st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19771st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19771st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19831st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19832nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19831st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19831st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19831st TeamAll-NFLSporting News

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1975 23 14 WR 47 49
1976 24 14 WR 74 29 73
1978 26 5 WR 1 97
1979 27 2 WR 17 81
1980 28 16 WR 46 62
1985 33 16 WR 112 4 26 66
1986 34 4 WR 8 102
1988 36 1 WR 128
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