Billy Johnson

William Arthur Johnson (White Shoes)

Position: WR

5-9, 170lb (175cm, 77kg)

Born: January 27, 1952 in Boothwyn, PA

College: Widener

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 46 (2030th overall since 1960)

High School: Chichester (PA)

Draft: Houston Oilers in the 15th round (365th overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.

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SUMMARY

Career

143

Rec

337

Yds

4211

Y/R

12.5

FantPt

638.7

Receiving & Rushing

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Regular Season

Playoffs

Receiving & Rushing Table
							Receiving							Rushing							Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1974	22	HOU	NFL	WR	14	5	29	388	13.4	2	44	2.1	27.7	5	82	1	47	16.4	5.9	0.4	34	13.8	470	3	1	6
1975	23	HOU	NFL	WR	14	14	37	393	10.6	1	30	2.6	28.1	5	17	0	19	3.4	1.2	0.4	42	9.8	410	1	5	9	PB
1976	24	HOU	NFL	WR	14	13	47	495	10.5	4	40	3.4	35.4	6	6	0	10	1.0	0.4	0.4	53	9.5	501	4	3	5
1977	25	HOU	NFL	WR	14	0	20	412	20.6	3	71	1.4	29.4	6	102	1	61	17.0	7.3	0.4	26	19.8	514	4	2	10	PB,AP-1
1978	26	HOU	NFL	WR	5	0	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.2	2.0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	10.0	10	0	0	0
1979	27	HOU	NFL	WR	2	2	6	108	18.0	1	29	3.0	54.0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	18.0	108	1	0	1
1980	28	HOU	NFL	WR	16	7	31	343	11.1	2	57	1.9	21.4	2	1	0	4	0.5	0.1	0.1	33	10.4	344	2	1	3
1981	Did not play - Montreal Alouettes (Canadian Football League)
1982	30	ATL	NFL	WR	9	0	2	11	5.5	0	6	0.2	1.2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	5.5	11	0	1	0
1983	31	ATL	NFL	WR	16	1	64	709	11.1	4	47	4.0	44.3	15	83	0	36	5.5	5.2	0.9	79	10.0	792	4	4	8	PB,AP-2
1984	32	ATL	NFL	WR	6	0	24	371	15.5	3	45	4.0	61.8	3	8	0	11	2.7	1.3	0.5	27	14.0	379	3	1	3
1985	33	ATL	NFL	WR	16	8	62	830	13.4	5	62	3.9	51.9	8	-8	0	6	-1.0	-0.5	0.5	70	11.7	822	5	4	7
1986	34	ATL	NFL	WR	4	0	6	57	9.5	0	27	1.5	14.3	6	25	0	10	4.2	6.3	1.5	12	6.8	82	0	0	1
1987	35	ATL	NFL	WR	12	1	8	84	10.5	0	19	0.7	7.0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	10.5	84	0	2	1
1988	36	WAS	NFL	WR	1	0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0	0
14 Yrs					143	51	337	4211	12.5	25	71	2.4	29.4	56	316	2	61	5.6	2.2	0.4	393	11.5	4527	27	24	54
17 Game Avg					17	6	40	501	12.5	3	71	2.4	29.4	7	38	0	61	5.6	2.2	0.4	47	1.4	538	3	3	6

HOU (7 Yrs)					79	41	171	2149	12.6	13	71	2.2	27.2	24	208	2	61	8.7	2.6	0.3	195	12.1	2357	15	12	34
ATL (6 Yrs)					63	10	166	2062	12.4	12	62	2.6	32.7	32	108	0	36	3.4	1.7	0.5	198	11.0	2170	12	12	20
WAS (1 Yr)					1	0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0	0

Receiving & Rushing Table
							Receiving							Rushing					Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1980	28	HOU	NFL	WR	1	0	1	11	11.0	0	11	1.0	11.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	11.0	11	0	0

1982	30	ATL	NFL	WR	1	0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
2 Yrs					2	0	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.5	5.5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	11.0	11	0	0
17 Game Avg					17	0	9	94	11.0	0	11	0.5	5.5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	9	93.5	94	0	0

ATL (1 Yr)					1	0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
HOU (1 Yr)					1	0	1	11	11.0	0	11	1.0	11.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	11.0	11	0	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		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	Awards
1974	22	HOU	WR	84	14	5	30	409	0	49	13.6	29	785	0	67	27.1	1664	6
1975*	23	HOU	WR	84	14	14	40	612	3	83	15.3	33	798	1	81	24.2	1820	9	PB
1976	24	HOU	WR	84	14	13	38	403	0	46	10.6	26	579	0	53	22.3	1483	5
1977*+	25	HOU	WR	84	14	0	35	539	2	87	15.4	25	630	1	76	25.2	1683	10	AP1, PB
1978	26	HOU	WR	84	5	0	8	60	0	20	7.5	4	73	0	22	18.3	143	0
1979	27	HOU	WR	84	2	2	4	17	0	16	4.3	4	37	0	12	9.3	162	1
1981		Missed season - Montreal Alouettes (Canadian Football League)
1982	30	ATL	WR	81	9	0	24	273	0	71	11.4			0			284	0
1983*	31	ATL	WR	81	16	1	46	489	1	71	10.6			0			1281	8	AP2, PB
1984	32	ATL	WR	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			0			904	7
1986	34	ATL	WR	81	4	0	8	87	0	30	10.9			0			169	1
1987	35	ATL	WR	81	12	1	21	168	0	45	8.0			0			252	1
1988	36	WAS	WR	88	1	0	3	26	0	15	8.7			0			26	0
Career					143	51	282	3317	6	87	11.8	123	2941	2	81	23.9	10785	54
7 yrs		HOU			79	41	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	20
1 yr		WAS			1	0	3	26	0	15	8.7			0			26	0

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1982	30	ATL		1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			0
Career				2		1	0	0	0	0.0			0			11
1 yr		ATL		1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			0
1 yr		HOU		1	0			0					0			11

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Passing

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Passing Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Y/A	AY/A	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1977	25	HOU	NFL	WR	14	0	0	0		0	0		0				0.0		1	8	100.00	-8.00	-8.00	0	0	PB,AP-1

1983	31	ATL	NFL	WR	16	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	PB,AP-2
14 Yrs					143	51	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	39.6	1	8	50.00	-4.00	-4.00	0	0
17 Game Avg					17	6	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	39.6	0	1	50.00	-4.00	-4.00	0	0

HOU (7 Yrs)					79	41	0	0		0	0		0				0.0		1	8	100.00	-8.00	-8.00	0	0
ATL (6 Yrs)					63	10	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
WAS (1 Yr)					1	0	0	0		0	0		0				0.0		0	0				0	0

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
							Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1975	23	HOU	NFL	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
1976	24	HOU	NFL	WR	14	13	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0

1983	31	ATL	NFL	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
14 Yrs					143	51	0	0	0	0	24	4	0	0	0.0	0
17 Game Avg					17	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0

HOU (7 Yrs)					79	41	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0.0	0
ATL (6 Yrs)					63	10	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0.0	0
WAS (1 Yr)					1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

Fantasy

Scoring Summary

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Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1974	22	HOU	WR	84	14	5	1	2			3		18	1.3
1975*	23	HOU	WR	84	14	14		1	3	1	5		30	2.1
1976	24	HOU	WR	84	14	13		4			4		24	1.7
1977*+	25	HOU	WR	84	14	0	1	3	2	1	7		42	3.0
1979	27	HOU	WR	84	2	2		1			1		6	3.0
1980	28	HOU	WR	84	16	7		2			2		12	0.8
1983*	31	ATL	WR	81	16	1		4	1		5		30	1.9
1984	32	ATL	WR	81	6	0		3			3		18	3.0
1985	33	ATL	WR	81	16	8		5			5		30	1.9
Career					143	51	2	25	6	2	35	0	210	1.5
7 yrs		HOU			79	41	2	13	5	2	22	0	132	1.7
6 yrs		ATL			63	10		12	1		13	0	78	1.2
1 yr		WAS			1	0						0	0	0.0

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PFR HOF Monitor: 44.98 (85th among WR, average HOF WR is 101.40)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Billy Johnson?

Billy Johnson is 72 years old.

When was Billy Johnson born?

Billy Johnson was born on January 27, 1952.

Where was Billy Johnson born?

Billy Johnson was born in Boothwyn, PA.

How tall is Billy Johnson?

Billy Johnson is 5-9 (175 cm) tall.

How much did Billy Johnson weigh when playing?

Billy Johnson weighed 170 lbs (77 kg) when playing.

Is Billy Johnson in the Hall of Fame?

Billy Johnson has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Billy Johnson play?

Billy Johnson played 143 games over his career.

How many receptions did Billy Johnson have?

Billy Johnson had 337 receptions over his career.

How many receiving yards did Billy Johnson have?

Billy Johnson had 4,211 receiving yards over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Billy Johnson won?

Billy Johnson has never won a Super Bowl.

When did Billy Johnson retire?

Billy Johnson last played in 1988.

What are Billy Johnson's nicknames?

White Shoes is a nickname for Billy Johnson.

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