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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

Career AV: 75 (460th overall since 1950)

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 NFL Draft.

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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 AV
1986 22 NYG 52 16 0 2.0 1 13 0 13 23 1
1987 23 NYG LILB 52 12 12 1.0 2 0 1 0 0 74 6
1988 24 NYG LILB 52 16 15 4.0 1 33 1 33 2 0 1 0 0 87 8
1989 25 NYG 52 14 4 1.0 3 60 1 39 0 0 1 0 0 61 4
1990*+ 26 NYG RILB 52 16 16 3.5 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 115 19
1991 27 NYG RILB 52 16 16 6.5 2 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 104 8
1992 28 NYG LILB 52 16 16 1.0 2 42 0 38 1 1 2 0 0 115 6
1993 29 CLE LLB 53 16 11 1.0 87 5
1994* 30 CLE MLB 52 16 16 2.5 0 0 1 10 0 95 27 13
1995 31 CLE MLB 52 16 16 2.0 2 22 0 22 2 0 0 0 0 100 30 7
1996 32 DET MLB 99 15 12 1 0 0 0 0 54 16 5
1997 33 NYJ lilb 52 8 8 1 13 0 13 26 13 4
1998 34 NYJ MLB 52 16 16 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 42 21 8
Career 193 158 25.5 14 188 2 39 12 1 8 10 0 983 107 94
7 yrs NYG 106 79 19.0 10 153 2 39 9 1 6 0 0 579 52
3 yrs CLE 48 43 5.5 2 22 0 22 2 0 1 10 0 282 57 25
2 yrs NYJ 24 24 1.0 2 13 0 13 0 0 1 0 0 68 34 12

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
1988 24 NYG LILB 52 16 15 1 1 6
1989 25 NYG 52 14 4 1 1 6
Career 193 158 2 2 12

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1990
1994

First-Team All-Pro

1990

Non-Offensive TDs

1988 NFL 1 (6)
1989 NFL 1 (8)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1988 NFL 1 (3)
1989 NFL 1 (3)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1990Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1994UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.