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Leon Johnson

William Leon Johnson

Position: RB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 222 lbs.
Born: July 13, 1974 in Morganton, NC
College: North Carolina

Drafted by the New York Jets in the 4th round (104th overall) of the 1997 Draft

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1997 23 NYJ RET 16 1 51 619 1 66 12.1 12 319 1 101 26.6 1238
1998 24 NYJ RET 12 2 29 203 0 23 7.0 16 366 0 37 22.9 976
1999 25 NYJ 1 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 2 31 0 17 15.5 39
2000 26 NYJ 3 0 10 62 0 16 6.2 6 117 0 27 19.5 179
2001 27 CHI RET 12 0 28 255 0 35 9.1 14 286 0 33 20.4 640
2002 28 CHI RET 16 4 28 288 0 30 10.3 21 418 0 36 19.9 1160
2003 29 SDG RET 14 0 24 184 0 21 7.7 50 1151 0 60 23.0 1361
Career 74 7 171 1617 1 66 9.5 121 2688 1 101 22.2 5593
4 yrs NYJ 32 3 91 890 1 66 9.8 36 833 1 101 23.1 2432
2 yrs CHI 28 4 56 543 0 35 9.7 35 704 0 36 20.1 1800
1 yr SDG 14 0 24 184 0 21 7.7 50 1151 0 60 23.0 1361

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1997 23 NYJ RET 16 1 48 158 2 20 3.3 9.9 3.0 16 142 8.9 0 20 1.0 8.9 300 2 5
1998 24 NYJ RET 12 2 41 185 2 40 4.5 15.4 3.4 13 222 17.1 2 82 1.1 18.5 407 4 3
1999 25 NYJ 1 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2.0 1.0 2 0 1
2001 27 CHI RET 12 0 20 99 4 34 5.0 8.3 1.7 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.1 0.0 99 4 2
2002 28 CHI RET 16 4 103 329 1 23 3.2 20.6 6.4 16 125 7.8 0 31 1.0 7.8 454 1 3
2003 29 SDG RET 14 0 4 26 0 18 6.5 1.9 0.3 26 0 1
Career 74 7 217 799 9 40 3.7 10.8 2.9 46 489 10.6 2 82 0.6 6.6 1288 11 15
4 yrs NYJ 32 3 90 345 4 40 3.8 10.8 2.8 29 364 12.6 2 82 0.9 11.4 709 6 9
2 yrs CHI 28 4 123 428 5 34 3.5 15.3 4.4 17 125 7.4 0 31 0.6 4.5 553 5 5
1 yr SDG 14 0 4 26 0 18 6.5 1.9 0.3 26 0 1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1997 23 NYJ RET 16 1 5 5 0 0
1998 24 NYJ RET 12 2 3 3 0 0
1999 25 NYJ 1 0 1 0 0 0
2001 27 CHI RET 12 0 2 2 0 0
2002 28 CHI RET 16 4 3 2 -2 0
2003 29 SDG RET 14 0 1 0 0 0
Career 74 7 15 12 -2 0
4 yrs NYJ 32 3 9 8 0 0
2 yrs CHI 28 4 5 4 -2 0
1 yr SDG 14 0 1 0 0 0

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs
Year Age Tm Pos 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%
1997 23 NYJ RET 16 1 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0
2001 27 CHI RET 12 0 1 1 100.0 18 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 18.0 18.0 18.0 1.5 118.7 0 0 18.0 18.0 0.0
2002 28 CHI RET 16 4 1 1 100.0 27 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 27.0 27.0 27.0 1.7 118.7 1 0 13.5 13.5 50.0
Career 74 7 2 4 50.0 45 0 0.0 1 25.0 27 11.3 0.0 22.5 0.6 51.0 2 7 6.3 -1.2 33.3
4 yrs NYJ 32 3 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 1 7 -2.3 -17.3 33.3
2 yrs CHI 28 4 2 2 100.0 45 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 22.5 22.5 22.5 1.6 118.7 1 0 15.0 15.0 33.3

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1997 23 NYJ RET 16 1 2 1 1 24
1998 24 NYJ RET 12 2 2 2 24
2001 27 CHI RET 12 0 4 24
2002 28 CHI RET 16 4 1 6
Career 74 7 9 2 1 1 78
4 yrs NYJ 32 3 4 2 1 1 48
2 yrs CHI 28 4 5 30

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Long Reception

1998 NFL 82 (7)

Non-Offensive TDs

1997 NFL 2 (7)

Kick Returns

2003 NFL 50 (8)
Career 121 (111)

Kick Return Yds

2003 NFL 1151 (7)
Career 2688 (127)

Kick Return TD

1997 NFL 1 (2-- 57)
Career 1 (107)

Long Kick Return

1997 NFL 101 (3-- 47)

Punt Returns

1997 NFL 51 (2-- 33)
Career 171 (50)

Punt Return Yds

1997 NFL 619 (1-- 13)
2002 NFL 288 (10)
Career 1617 (47)

Punt Return TD

1997 NFL 1 (4-- 86)
Career 1 (139)

Long Punt Return

1997 NFL 66 (7)

Yds/Punt Return

1997 NFL 12.1 (6)
Career 9.5 (111)

Kick & Punt Returns

2003 NFL 74 (6)
Career 292 (57)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

2003 NFL 1335 (7)
Career 4305 (70)

Fumbles Recovered

1997 NFL 5 (2)

   

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1997 23 16 RB 40 75
1998 24 12 RB 65 46
1999 25 1 RB 159
2001 27 12 RB 35 73
2002 28 16 RB 52 54
2003 29 14 RB 3 142
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