Riall Johnson
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||
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| Born: | April 20, 1978 White Rock, British Columbia, Canada | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 243 lb (110 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | Everett (WA) Mariner | ||||
| College: | Stanford | ||||
| NFL draft: | 2001 / round: 6 / pick: 168 | ||||
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Riall Salud Johnson (born April 20, 1978) is a former professional gridiron football player.
Early life
[edit]Riall grew up in Lynnwood, Washington, where he attended Mariner High School. At Mariner he was considered one of the top football prospects in the USA.
College career
[edit]He attended Stanford University. In his junior year at Stanford he tied for the Pac-10 lead in sacks with 13. In his senior year he not only led the Pac-10, but he also tied for the most sacks in the nation with future Carolina Panthers star Julius Peppers. And he became the first player ever to lead the Pac-10 in sacks in back to back years.
Professional career
[edit]Despite all his success in college, he was selected in the 6th round of the 2001 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals.[2] He played 3 years for the Bengals. He appeared in 32 games and made a total of 30 tackles most of which were on special teams.
After spending the 2008 CFL season with the Toronto Argonauts, Johnson was traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for linebacker Zeke Moreno on February 19, 2009. He was traded to the Montreal Alouettes in September 2009.[3]
NFL career statistics
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2001 | CIN | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | CIN | 12 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | CIN | 13 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | 1 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Personal life
[edit]He is the brother of Teyo Johnson, a former wide receiver of the CFL's Calgary Stampeders.
References
[edit]- ^ "Riall Johnson". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
- ^ "2001 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ^ Tait, Ed (September 22, 2009). "Blue make yet another move at QB". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
External links
[edit]- Just Sports Stats
- Argonauts.ca page
- DatabaseFootball.com stats
- O'Connor, Joe (November 16, 2007). "Johnson Fled North to Escape Personal Life". National Post. Retrieved November 17, 2007.