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Pepper Johnson
Thomas Johnson
Position: LB
Height: 6-3 Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: July 29, 1964 in Detroit, MI
College: Ohio State
2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the New York Giants in the 2nd round (51st overall) of the 1986 Draft
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View Details For: 2 Regular Season TDs Scored
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1986 | 22 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 23 | |||||||||
| 1987 | 23 | NYG | LILB | 12 | 12 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | |||||||
| 1988 | 24 | NYG | LILB | 16 | 15 | 4.0 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87 | |||
| 1989 | 25 | NYG | 14 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 60 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | ||||
| 1990*+ | 26 | NYG | RILB | 16 | 16 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 115 | |||
| 1991 | 27 | NYG | RILB | 16 | 16 | 6.5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | |||
| 1992 | 28 | NYG | LILB | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 115 | |||
| 1993 | 29 | CLE | LLB | 16 | 11 | 1.0 | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 1994* | 30 | CLE | MLB | 16 | 16 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 95 | 27 | ||||||
| 1995 | 31 | CLE | MLB | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 30 | ||
| 1996 | 32 | DET | MLB | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 16 | |||||||
| 1997 | 33 | NYJ | lilb | 8 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 26 | 13 | ||||||||
| 1998 | 34 | NYJ | MLB | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 21 | ||
| Career | 193 | 158 | 25.5 | 14 | 188 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 983 | 107 | |||||
| 7 yrs | NYG | 106 | 79 | 19.0 | 10 | 153 | 2 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 579 | |||||
| 3 yrs | CLE | 48 | 43 | 5.5 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 282 | 57 | ||||
| 2 yrs | NYJ | 24 | 24 | 1.0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 34 | ||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 24 | NYG | LILB | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1989 | 25 | NYG | 14 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Career | 193 | 158 | 2 | 12 |
Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors
Glossary|
1st-team All-Pro |
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)
All-Pro Teams
Glossary|
1990 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1990 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1990 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1990 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL 1990 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1990 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL 1990 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL 1994 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf. |