Jimmy Johnson

James Earl Johnson

Position: DB-HB

6-2, 187lb (188cm, 84kg)

Born: March 31, 1938 in Dallas, TX

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 103 (115th overall since 1960)

High School: Kingsburg (CA)

Draft: San Francisco 49ers in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft., San Diego Chargers in the 4th round (32nd overall) of the 1961 AFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1994 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

213

146

Int

Yds

615

Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty	AV	Awards
1961	23	SFO	RCB	37	12	10	5	116	0	63			0	0	0	0	0.0		7
1962	24	SFO	FL	37	12	7			0				1	0	0	0	0.0		8
1963	25	SFO	FS	37	13	13	2	36	0	36			0	1	0	0	0.0		5
1964	26	SFO	LCB	37	14	14	3	65	0	43			0	0	0	0	0.0		7
1965	27	SFO	LCB	37	14	14	6	47	0	26			0	0	0	0	0.0		10	AP2
1966	28	SFO	LCB	37	14	14	4	57	1	35			0	2	5	0	0.0		11	AP2
1967	29	SFO	LCB	37	11	11	2	68	0	38			0	1	26	0	0.0		5
1968	30	SFO	LCB	37	13	13	1	25	0	25			0	0	0	0	0.0		5
1969*	31	SFO	LCB	37	14	14	5	18	0	18			0	0	0	0	0.0		13	PB
1970*+	32	SFO	LCB	37	14	14	2	36	1	36			0	1	0	0	0.0	1	13	AP1, PB
1971*+	33	SFO	LCB	37	14	14	3	16	0	10			0	1	0	0	0.0		15	AP1, PB
1972*+	34	SFO	LCB	37	14	14	4	18	0	15			0	0	0	0	0.0		16	AP1, PB
1973	35	SFO	LCB	37	13	13	4	46	0	30			0	0	0	0	0.0		7
1974*	36	SFO	LCB	37	13	13	3	50	0	37			0	0	0	0	0.0		9	PB
1975	37	SFO	LCB	37	14	14	2	0	0	0			0	1	0	0	0.0		7
1976	38	SFO	LCB	37	14	13	1	17	0	17			0	0	0	0	0.0		8
Career					213	205	47	615	2	63			1	7	31	0	0.0	1	146

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1970*+	32	SFO	LCB	2	2			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0
1971*+	33	SFO	LCB	2	2			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0
1972*+	34	SFO	LCB	1	1			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0

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Receiving & Rushing

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

Regular Season

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1962	24	SFO	FL	37	12	7	34	627	18.4	4	80	2.8	52.3			0					34	18.4	627	4	1
1963	25	SFO	FS	37	13	13	6	63	10.5	0	15	0.5	4.8			0					6	10.5	63	0	0
Career					213	205	40	690	17.3	4	80	0.2	3.2			0					40	17.3	690	4	1

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	IntTD	AllTD	D2P	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1962	24	SFO	FL	37	12	7	4		4			24	2.0
1966	28	SFO	LCB	37	14	14		1	1			6	0.4
1970*+	32	SFO	LCB	37	14	14		1	1		1	8	0.6
Career					213	205	4	2	6	0	1	38	.2

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