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Essex Johnson

Essex L. Johnson

Position: RB
Height: 5-9    Weight: 201 lbs.
Born: October 15, 1946 in Shreveport, LA
College: Grambling State

Career AV: 44 (1766th overall since 1950)

Drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 6th round (156th overall) of the 1968 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1968 22 CIN RET 19 14 0 26 178 3 41 6.8 12.7 1.9 1 33 33.0 0 33 0.1 2.4 211 3 4 1
1969 23 CIN RET 19 12 0 15 54 0 13 3.6 4.5 1.3 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.1 0.3 57 0 2 1
1970 24 CIN 19 13 0 65 273 2 26 4.2 21.0 5.0 15 190 12.7 2 51 1.2 14.6 463 4 1 6
1971 25 CIN rb 19 14 0 85 522 4 86 6.1 37.3 6.1 14 258 18.4 2 67 1.0 18.4 780 6 1 8
1972 26 CIN RB 19 14 0 212 825 4 19 3.9 58.9 15.1 29 420 14.5 2 65 2.1 30.0 1245 6 4 11
1973 27 CIN RB 19 14 0 195 997 4 46 5.1 71.2 13.9 28 356 12.7 3 78 2.0 25.4 1353 7 7 14
1974 28 CIN 19 5 0 19 44 0 11 2.3 8.8 3.8 8 85 10.6 1 27 1.6 17.0 129 1 1 2
1975 29 CIN 19 12 0 58 177 1 15 3.1 14.8 4.8 25 196 7.8 1 30 2.1 16.3 373 2 2 4
1976 30 TAM 19 14 1 47 166 1 27 3.5 11.9 3.4 25 201 8.0 1 38 1.8 14.4 367 2 3 2
Career 112 1 722 3236 19 86 4.5 28.9 6.4 146 1742 11.9 12 78 1.3 15.6 4978 31 25 49
8 yrs CIN 98 0 675 3070 18 86 4.5 31.3 6.9 121 1541 12.7 11 78 1.2 15.7 4611 29 22 47
1 yr TAM 14 1 47 166 1 27 3.5 11.9 3.4 25 201 8.0 1 38 1.8 14.4 367 2 3 2

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
1968 22 CIN RET 19 14 0 22 111 0 45 5.0 14 266 0 31 19.0 588
1969 23 CIN RET 19 12 0 17 85 0 17 5.0 16 362 0 51 22.6 504
1970 24 CIN 19 13 0 7 72 0 36 10.3 3 68 0 31 22.7 603
1971 25 CIN rb 19 14 0 3 28 0 14 9.3 2 40 0 21 20.0 848
1972 26 CIN RB 19 14 0 2 7 0 7 3.5 1 13 0 13 13.0 1265
1976 30 TAM 19 14 1 13 287 0 32 22.1 654
Career 112 1 51 303 0 45 5.9 49 1036 0 51 21.1 6317
8 yrs CIN 98 0 51 303 0 45 5.9 36 749 0 51 20.8 5663
1 yr TAM 14 1 13 287 0 32 22.1 654

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
1968 22 CIN RET 19 14 0 4 4 0 0
1969 23 CIN RET 19 12 0 2 0 0 0
1970 24 CIN 19 13 0 1 0 0 0
1971 25 CIN rb 19 14 0 1 0 0 0
1972 26 CIN RB 19 14 0 4 1 0 0
1973 27 CIN RB 19 14 0 7 3 8 0
1974 28 CIN 19 5 0 1 1 0 0
1975 29 CIN 19 12 0 2 0 0 0
1976 30 TAM 19 14 1 3 0 0 0
Career 112 1 25 9 8 0
8 yrs CIN 98 0 22 9 8 0
1 yr TAM 14 1 3 0 0 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
1968 22 CIN RET 19 14 0 3 3 18
1970 24 CIN 19 13 0 2 2 4 24
1971 25 CIN rb 19 14 0 4 2 6 36
1972 26 CIN RB 19 14 0 4 2 6 36
1973 27 CIN RB 19 14 0 4 3 7 42
1974 28 CIN 19 5 0 1 1 6
1975 29 CIN 19 12 0 1 1 2 12
1976 30 TAM 19 14 1 1 1 2 12
Career 112 1 19 12 31 186
8 yrs CIN 98 0 18 11 29 174
1 yr TAM 14 1 1 1 2 12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Rushing Yds

1973 NFL 997 (6)

Long Rush

1971 NFL 86 (1/35)

Yds/Rushing Att

1973 NFL 5.1 (6)
Career 4.5 (73)

Rushing Yds/Game

1973 NFL 71.2 (9)

Long Reception

1973 NFL 78 (6)

Yds From Scrimmage

1972 NFL 1245 (8)
1973 NFL 1353 (5)

Touches

1972 NFL 244 (10)

Yds/Touch

1971 NFL 8.2 (5)

Kick Returns

1969 AFL 16 (10)

Long Kick Return

1969 AFL 51 (10)

Punt Returns

1968 AFL 22 (5)
1969 AFL 17 (8)

Long Punt Return

1968 AFL 45 (8)

Yds/Punt Return

1968 AFL 5.0 (10)
1969 AFL 5.0 (8)

Kick & Punt Returns

1968 AFL 36 (9)
1969 AFL 33 (8)

Fumbles Recovered

1968 AFL 4 (1)

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

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 24 13 RB 70 44
1971 25 14 RB 114 29
1972 26 14 RB 161 38 16 36
1973 27 14 RB 177 60 8 21
1974 28 5 RB 19 108
1975 29 12 RB 49 74
1976 30 14 RB 49 75
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