Leon Johnson

William Leon Johnson

Position: RB

6-0, 222lb (183cm, 100kg)

Born: July 13, 1974 in Morganton, NC

College: North Carolina (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 12 (7422nd overall since 1960)

High School: Freedom (NC)

Draft: New York Jets in the 4th round (104th overall) of the 1997 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

Rush

217

Yds

799

Y/A

3.7

FantPt

188.6

Rushing & Receiving

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1997	23	NYJ		32	16	1	48	158	2	13	20	3.3	9.9	3.0	21	16	142	8.9	0	8	20	1.0	8.9	76.2%	6.8	64	4.7	300	2	5	5
1998	24	NYJ		32	12	2	41	185	2	8	40	4.5	15.4	3.4	21	13	222	17.1	2	8	82	1.1	18.5	61.9%	10.6	54	7.5	407	4	3	4
1999	25	NYJ		32	1	0	1	2	0	1	2	2.0	2.0	1.0												1	2.0	2	0	1	0
2000	26	NYJ		32	3	0	0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0												0		0	0	0	0
2001	27	CHI		32	12	0	20	99	4	10	34	5.0	8.3	1.7	2	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.1	0.0	50.0%	0.0	21	4.7	99	4	2	1
2002	28	CHI		32	16	4	103	329	1	25	23	3.2	20.6	6.4	27	16	125	7.8	0	8	31	1.0	7.8	59.3%	4.6	119	3.8	454	1	3	3
2003	29	SDG		35	14	0	4	26	0	1	18	6.5	1.9	0.3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	4	6.5	26	0	1	0
Career					74	7	217	799	9	58	40	3.7	10.8	2.9	73	46	489	10.6	2	24	82	0.6	6.6	63.0%	6.7	263	4.9	1288	11	15	13
4 yrs		NYJ			32	3	90	345	4	22	40	3.8	10.8	2.8	42	29	364	12.6	2	16	82	0.9	11.4	69.0%	8.7	119	6.0	709	6	9	9
2 yrs		CHI			28	4	123	428	5	35	34	3.5	15.3	4.4	29	17	125	7.4	0	8	31	0.6	4.5	58.6%	4.3	140	4.0	553	5	5	4
1 yr		SDG			14	0	4	26	0	1	18	6.5	1.9	0.3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	4	6.5	26	0	1	0

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2001	27	CHI	RB	1	0	3	7	0	3	3	2.3	7.0	3.0												3	2.3	7	0	0
Career				1		3	7	0	3	3	2.3	7.0	3.0												3	2.3	7	0	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

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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
1997	23	NYJ		32	16	1	51	619	1	66	12.1	12	319	1	101	26.6	1238
1998	24	NYJ		32	12	2	29	203	0	23	7.0	16	366	0	37	22.9	976
1999	25	NYJ		32	1	0	1	6	0	6	6.0	2	31	0	17	15.5	39
2000	26	NYJ		32	3	0	10	62	0	16	6.2	6	117	0	27	19.5	179
2001	27	CHI		32	12	0	28	255	0	35	9.1	14	286	0	33	20.4	640
2002	28	CHI		32	16	4	28	288	0	30	10.3	21	418	0	36	19.9	1158
2003	29	SDG		35	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	5591
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	1798
1 yr		SDG			14	0	24	184	0	21	7.7	50	1151	0	60	23.0	1361

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
2001	27	CHI	RB	1	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	2	60	0	32	30.0	70
Career				1		1	3	0	3	3.0	2	60	0	32	30.0	70

Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1997	23	NYJ		32	16	1						0	5	5	0	0	0.0
1998	24	NYJ		32	12	2						0	3	3	0	0	0.0
1999	25	NYJ		32	1	0						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2000	26	NYJ		32	3	0											0.0	1	1	0	0
2001	27	CHI		32	12	0						0	2	2	0	0	0.0	13	11	2	0
2002	28	CHI		32	16	4						0	3	2	-2	0	0.0	2	1	1	0
2003	29	SDG		35	14	0						0	1	0	0	0	0.0	5	3	2	0
Career					74	7						0	15	12	-2	0	0.0	21	16	5	0
4 yrs		NYJ			32	3						0	9	8	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
2 yrs		CHI			28	4						0	5	4	-2	0	0.0	15	12	3	0
1 yr		SDG			14	0						0	1	0	0	0	0.0	5	3	2	0

Passing

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

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1997	23	NYJ	32	16	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	50	0	0	0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0.00	-22.50
1998	24	NYJ	32	12	2	0	0		0		0		0	0				0.0		1	7	100	-7.00	-7.00
2001	27	CHI	32	12	0	1	1	100	18	0	0	0	1	18	18.0	18.0	18.0	1.5	118.7	0	0	0	18.00	18.00
2002	28	CHI	32	16	4	1	1	100	27	0	0	0	1	27	27.0	27.0	27.0	1.7	118.7	1	0	50	13.50	13.50
Career				74	7	2	4	50	45	0	1	25	2	27	11.3	0.0	22.5	0.6	51.0	2	7	33.3	6.33	-1.17
4 yrs		NYJ		32	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	50	0	0	0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0	1	7	33.3	-2.33	-17.33
2 yrs		CHI		28	4	2	2	100	45	0	0	0	2	27	22.5	22.5	22.5	1.6	118.7	1	0	33.3	15.00	15.00
1 yr		SDG		14	0	0	0		0		0			0				0.0		0	0

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1997	23	NYJ	32	16	1	2		1	1	4		24	1.5
1998	24	NYJ	32	12	2	2	2			4		24	2.0
2001	27	CHI	32	12	0	4				4		24	2.0
2002	28	CHI	32	16	4	1				1		6	0.4
Career				74	7	9	2	1	1	13	0	78	1.1
4 yrs		NYJ		32	3	4	2	1	1	8	0	48	1.5
2 yrs		CHI		28	4	5				5	0	30	1.1
1 yr		SDG		14	0						0	0	0.0

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